The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining an addendum VA medical opinion regarding the etiology of his pulmonary fibrosis and a retrospective VA examination to assess the severity of his left knee disability throughout the period on appeal.
The deciding factor: The current evidence does not provide sufficient information to determine if the Veteran's conditions are related to service or secondary to other service-connected disabilities, necessitating further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Bronchial asthma with allergic rhinitis, Pulmonary fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2023
- Citation
- 23004614
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for various conditions due to untimeliness of the Veteran's VA Form 10182 or as moot, and remanded the claim for diabetes mellitus type II.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating and service connection for pulmonary fibrosis, GERD, and sinusitis.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding no evidence linking his lung cancer and other contributing causes to active duty or exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and additional development is required, including obtaining an addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death and whether his conditions were related to service in Vietnam.
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