The Board remands the claims for a lung condition and low back condition to ensure compliance with the statutory duty to obtain a TERA opinion in accordance with the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxins Act of 2022 (PACT Act) and to provide an appropriate VA examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to potential toxic exposure during service and failure to provide a VA examination for both conditions, which may have a reasonable possibility of aiding in substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- low back condition, lung condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012130
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 910 · Granted: 31% (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
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