The Board remands the claim for service connection of breathing issues secondary to a psychiatric condition for further development, including an adequate examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record is insufficient to determine whether the breathing disorder is caused or aggravated by the Veteran's psychiatric condition due to the timing of the service connection for the psychiatric condition.
- Claimed conditions
- breathing issues
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095964
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Decisions by this judge: 869 · Granted: 44% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for extensions of time to file Board Appeal requests were denied, and the attempted appeals are therefore dismissed.
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