The appeal for service connection of respiratory complaints is remanded. The VA will schedule a new examination to address the claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found good cause for missing the initial examination and remanded the case to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory complaints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25000605
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including back, knee, foot, and ankle conditions, as well as TBI, neurological disorder, sleep apnea, respiratory complaints, asthma, GERD, anxiety, PTSD, and other related conditions. The Board also granted an initial 10 percent rating for left hip strain with painful limited extension and denied a compensable rating for the same condition.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right knee pain, left ankle pain, and right ankle pain but denied service connection for skin facial, respiratory complaints, hypertension (claimed as high blood pressure), lower back pain, an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety; and alcohol dependence, uncomplicated.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for respiratory complaints and sinusitis as there was no evidence of a diagnosed condition during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of VA records and an inadequate examination report. The Veteran's respiratory complaints are being reviewed again for possible service connection.
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