Asthma decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for left and right long finger strains, a right ankle strain, and GERD with hiatal hernia. The appeal seeking increased ratings for chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, allergic rhinitis, and scars was dismissed due to severance of service connection.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for asthma, bilateral hearing loss, curvature of the spine, and thyroid condition/nodules to correct duty to assist errors.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of December 27, 2021, and no earlier, for the award of service connection for unspecified dermatitis was granted. The initial rating in excess of 10 percent for unspecified dermatitis was denied.

The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches and bilateral pes planus, denied service connection for anxiety, and denied an initial compensable rating for alopecia areata. The claims for service connection for difficulty breathing (claimed as asthma), back strain, and sleep disturbances were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension, coronary artery disease, asthma, transient ischemic attack, neurocognitive disorder (dementia), and acquired psychiatric disorder (other specified depressive disorder) but denied service connection for renal toxicity. Several issues were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disability as secondary to the Veteran's right foot disability and denied a compensable initial rating for bilateral hearing loss. Other issues were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for asthma, an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), a right shoulder disorder, and a back disorder due to lack of evidence supporting the claims.

The Board remands the matter for a medical nexus opinion regarding the Veteran's respiratory epithelial adenomatoid hamartoma and its potential relation to exposure at Camp Lejeune.

The appeals for increased ratings of service-connected conditions were dismissed as they remained pending in the legacy (non-modernized) appeal system.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for asthma, left knee scar status post medial compartment arthroplasty, major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder, left knee osteochondritis dissecans and osteoarthritis status post medial compartment arthroplasty, and right knee osteoarthritis status post posterior cruciate ligament tear. The only grant was for a separate 10 percent rating for right knee instability from January 14, 2023.

The appeal regarding entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected asthma was dismissed, while a 30 percent disability rating was granted for genital herpes and the claim for a compensable rating for vocal cord polyp was denied.

The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, but remanded the issues of an increased rating for major depressive disorder and service connection for a respiratory disability.

The Board denied service connection for asthma, a sexually transmitted disease (STD), an acquired psychiatric disorder, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as there was no evidence of current diagnoses or in-service incurrence.

The Board granted an effective date of August 5, 2021, for the grant of service connection for asthma and denied a disability rating greater than 10 percent.

The Board granted service connection for rhinitis and asthma under the PACT Act, presuming exposure to burn pits during active duty in Southwest Asia.

The Veteran's asthma was granted an initial increased rating to 30 percent prior to May 16, 2023, but no higher and no earlier. The claim for a higher rating from May 16, 2023, was denied.

The appeal for service connection for asthma and pseudo folliculitis barbae (PFB) was dismissed due to the Veteran's concurrent election of review options.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for rhinitis, sinusitis, asthma claimed as breathing problems, and an inner ear disability, to include frequent ear infections, vertigo, and tinnitus due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for asthma, finding that the Veteran's preexisting condition was aggravated during active service.

The Board granted service connection for asthma, denied service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral hands neuropathy, and sleep apnea, and remanded the claims for anxiety and depression.