Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to obtain a new medical opinion that considers the Veteran's statements and submitted evidence.
The deciding factor: The July 2020 VA medical opinion was found inadequate as it did not consider the Veteran's statements regarding the onset of symptoms and the submitted article linking COPD to bronchitis.
- 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 9, 2025
- Citation
- 25014685
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