The Board remands the claims for a recurrent respiratory disability, folliculitis, and deformed right great toenail for further development of the record to ensure that there is a complete record upon which to decide the claims.
The deciding factor: The examination reports are found to be of limited probative value due to omissions and deficiencies in addressing relevant evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent respiratory disability, folliculitis, deformed and thickened right great toenail
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25012751
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 918 · Granted: 32% (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.
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