The Board has remanded the case for further development due to inadequate etiology opinions and inextricably intertwined issues of service connection and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion is inadequate as it lacks supporting rationale and does not address all raised theories of entitlement, including the relationship between toxic exposure and lung disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- IPF, Rhinobronchitis, Bronchiectasis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2024
- Citation
- 24033389
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (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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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied a higher initial disability rating for the service-connected respiratory disability, finding that the Veteran's FVC was only 65% of predicted value, which does not meet the criteria for any compensable rating under the applicable VA Rating Schedule.
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