The Board remands the matter for another attempt to obtain outstanding medical records from Dickinson County Health System.
The deciding factor: To ensure compliance with a Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims order and a fully informed decision on the Veteran's claim, the Board finds that remand is warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Interstitial lung fibrosis/pulmonary fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2025
- Citation
- 25008115
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Decisions by this judge: 857 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's interstitial lung fibrosis/pulmonary fibrosis was not rated higher than 30 percent prior to April 25, 2019, and not rated higher than 60 percent from that date. The Board denied both requests for increased evaluations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for interstitial lung fibrosis/pulmonary fibrosis and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to incomplete development of records.
- Granted
The Veteran's initial rating for interstitial lung fibrosis/pulmonary fibrosis was granted at a 30 percent level, effective May 23, 2018. The rating for asbestosis and interstitial lung fibrosis remains at 30 percent.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a 10% rating for interstitial lung fibrosis/pulmonary fibrosis prior to October 8, 2020 and a 30% rating from May 23, 2018 onwards. The current ratings are within the applicable criteria.
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