Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of emphysema to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding its etiology, considering both direct service connection and aggravation by a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The previous opinions were found inadequate due to lack of supporting evidence or inaccurate assumptions about the Veteran's smoking history.
- Claimed conditions
- emphysema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103913
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