The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was not sufficient competent medical evidence to decide the claim, as well as an indication of association between the claimed disabilities and service or with another service-connected disability. The Board also noted exposure to PFAS but did not find it related to any diagnosed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, cervical spine/upper back disability (claimed as TBI and vertigo), chronic sinusitis (claimed as allergic rhinitis), asthma, lung cancer, anemia, joint pain with pain and atrophy (secondary to lymphoma of neck, chest), acquired psychiatric disability (to include as secondary to cancer), brain intracranial metastasis disease (secondary to lung cancer), lymphoma of neck, chest, abdomen
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24059555
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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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher evaluation of his service-connected chronic fatigue and weakness due to chemotherapy and radiation treatment for lung cancer is granted, with an evaluation of 60 percent.,The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for residuals of lung cancer from May 1, 2005 is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
- Partly granted
The Board has not made a final determination on the claims of service connection for inguinal hernia, PTSD, joint pain, fibromyalgia, left knee disability, right knee disability, tinnitus, chronic fatigue syndrome, respiratory disability, sleep disorder, IBS, and headaches. The claims are remanded to obtain additional evidence and determine if these conditions are related to service.
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