The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to obtain an additional medical opinion that addresses the relevant evidence of record, including articles submitted by the Veteran regarding asbestos and herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The October 2025 VA opinion did not explicitly discuss the articles mentioned in the September 2025 Board remand directives, failing to address whether the Veteran's COPD is related to his service considering the entire claims file, including his participation in a TERA based on his in-service herbicide agent and asbestos exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25014524
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