The appeal for service connection for amyloidosis and pulmonary vascular disease is remanded to issue a statement of the case under the Legacy appeals system.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to properly adjudicate the issues on the current appeal under the Legacy appeals system, necessitating a supplemental decision or order.
- Claimed conditions
- amyloidosis claimed as the result of herbicide agent exposure, pulmonary vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25008343
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 granted service connection for pulmonary vascular disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected menstrual disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a pulmonary condition, to include asthma, lung scarring, pulmonary vascular disease, and pulmonary hypertension, as additional evidence is needed.
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