The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's pulmonary function and exercise capacity, requiring another VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for substantial compliance with previous directives by affording the Veteran an appropriate VA examination that includes a maximum exercise capacity test or explanation of why such would be detrimental.
- Claimed conditions
- status post-surgery spontaneous pneumarthrosis, small airway disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2024
- Citation
- 24004536
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,676 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for another VA examination to ensure substantial compliance with prior remand directives, including a maximum exercise capacity test.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the claims of chronic sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and small airway disease. The claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome was also withdrawn.
- Remanded (sent back)
The case is being remanded because the VA examiner did not perform a maximum exercise capacity test as directed in January 2018, and another examination with this test must be conducted.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for status post-surgery spontaneous pneumarthrosis and small airways disease, finding that the Veteran's disability did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under DC 6843.
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