Asthma decisions — 2024

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for dental and oral condition, chronic sinusitis, and asthma due to duty-to-assist errors. The Veteran's complete service treatment records were not associated with her claims file prior to the August 2021 rating decision on appeal.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for asthma, IBS, diabetes mellitus type II, an acquired psychiatric disorder, hypertension, and a right knee disorder due to incomplete medical records and failure to provide VA examinations.

The Veteran's asthma and rhinitis are granted service connection due to presumed exposure to fine particulate matter during his service in Iraq. Service connection for sinusitis is denied as there is no current diagnosis.

The Veteran's asthma is presumed to be related to her exposure to burn pits during her service in the Persian Gulf War, and she has been granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, specifically regarding the dates of active duty and inactive duty training.

The Veteran's SMC at the statutory housebound rate is denied as his entitlement to a higher level of SMC has not been met.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for headaches, asthma, and pseudofolliculitis barbae have been granted. The claim for service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae is remanded due to a duty to assist error.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to his service-connected asthma.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for obstructive sleep apnea, asthma, and migraines are not granted due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.,Further examination or opinion is needed for the claims related to migraines.

The Board denied service connection for asthma, sinusitis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and denied an initial compensable disability rating for the service-connected pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB).

The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for a respiratory condition (other than asthma or a disability manifested by cough), asthma, and a disability manifested by cough due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board has determined that there is new and relevant evidence for the claims of service connection for tinnitus, asthma on a facts-found basis, left shoulder condition, and bilateral hearing loss. The claims are being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran's asthma is granted as service connected due to presumed exposure during his Persian Gulf War service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for all service connection issues, including left leg neuropathy, right leg neuropathy, sinus, rhinitis, asthma, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, thyroids, PTSD, diabetes, heart, right hemiparesis, cervical, and other conditions. The appeal is dismissed.

Service connection for PTSD, a bilateral ankle disability, and a disability manifested by shortness of breath other than asthma was denied. The Veteran's TDIU claim was dismissed as the AOJ had already granted eligibility for treatment under 38 U.S.C. § 1702 in an earlier decision.,TDIU claim was dismissed because the AOJ had already granted the Veteran's eligibility for treatment under 38 U.S.C. § 1702, which effectively resolved this issue.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, a left arm tremor, tick bites on the lower legs, asthma, hypertension, and sleep apnea have been denied. The Board has found that there is no evidence of current diagnoses or in-service incurrence of these conditions.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for asthma, finding no injury or disease of asthma in service and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between current asthma and military service.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss has not met the criteria for a compensable rating.,The Veteran's asthma has not met the criteria for a rating in excess of 30 percent.

The Board has determined that an effective date earlier than November 1, 2017 for the award of service connection for bronchial asthma is denied. The case is remanded to determine a compensable initial rating for service-connected bronchial asthma.