Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for a recurrent respiratory disability and service connection for loss of smell due to further development needed.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain an opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's loss of smell, as well as for initial AOJ consideration of this matter on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent respiratory disability, to include allergic rhinitis and sinusitis associated with deviate nasal septum, loss of smell
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089546
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