Asbestosis decisions — 2005

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service personnel records and VA medical records. A VA pulmonary examination will be scheduled to determine if the veteran suffers from asbestosis.

The Board has remanded the case for further development and review, including obtaining records from The Maritime Asbestosis Legal Clinic in Detroit, MI.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete service medical records and a need for further examination. The veteran's claims for asbestosis, hypertension, and heart disorder are pending.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for asbestosis, finding no current diagnosis of the condition and concluding that it was not incurred or aggravated by active service.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a lung disability, including as due to asbestos exposure, finding no current medical diagnosis of such disability and noting conflicting medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for asbestosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, finding no current disability due to in-service exposure to asbestos.

The Board found that the veteran does not currently have asbestosis and concluded that it was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.

The Board has determined that the veteran does not have asbestosis that is related to his period of active duty and therefore denied service connection for this condition.

The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for coronary artery disease, as secondary to his service-connected pulmonary asbestosis. The VA examinations and medical opinions did not find a link between the two conditions.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for asbestosis has been dismissed because he withdrew his appeal.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed respiratory, sinus, and colon disabilities were not incurred during military service or as a result of asbestos exposure. As such, these claims for service connection are denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for asbestosis and/or restrictive lung disease, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to in-service asbestos exposure or any other in-service event.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining private medical records and scheduling a VA audiology examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 60 percent rating for pleural disease-asbestosis, finding that the evidence did not show entitlement to such a rating prior to November 12, 1993.

The veteran was granted an earlier effective date of July 10, 2000 for a 30 percent rating for chondromalacia of the right knee. The 30 percent rating is also restored from November 3, 2003.,Service connection for asbestos-related pleural disease was granted based on exposure to asbestos during active service.

The veteran withdrew his appeal on the issue of service connection for lung disability caused by asbestos exposure in December 2004. The case is dismissed as it relates to this issue.

The Board found that the veteran's current asbestosis is due to post-service asbestos exposure, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has ordered additional development due to the need for medical opinions regarding whether the veteran's lung cancer was caused by asbestos exposure during service.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for pulmonary disability due to asbestos exposure.

The VA determined that the veteran's current asbestos-related lung disease is not related to his service exposure to asbestos, and thus denied his claim.