The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for asbestos exposure, to include a lung condition, due to insufficient evidence in the addendum medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is required as the previous addendum opinions failed to address specific directives from the Board regarding smoking risk factors and time periods of potential asbestos exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- asbestos exposure, to include a lung condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2024
- Citation
- 24003972
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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