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
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,772 · Granted: 37% (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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