Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic pulmonary disease (COPD) to obtain an addendum medical opinion regarding whether the COPD was aggravated by his service-connected asthma.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in the previous VA medical opinions, which failed to address whether the Veteran's COPD was aggravated by his service-connected asthma.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic pulmonary disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088436
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