The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for upper respiratory infection and/or chronic cough due to conflicting evidence regarding their onset during service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's STRs show treatment for cough, but no current diagnosis or continuity of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinus disability, right breast pain, fatigue (CFS), urinary tract infection (UTI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2024
- Citation
- 24003754
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Decisions by this judge: 1,757 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for a 30% disability rating for chronic sinus disability was granted effective June 24, 2024. The appeal is mixed as some issues were granted and others denied.,An earlier effective date of September 6, 2023, was granted for the award of a 30% disability rating for chronic sinus disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a chronic sinus disability and an initial rating in excess of 0 percent for migraines, and remanded the claim for service connection for sleep apnea.
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