Asthma decisions — 2025

All four claims for service connection are remanded for additional VA examinations. The Board found that prior VA examinations were inadequate because they did not provide sufficient opinions on the etiology of the Veteran's conditions or their relationship to military service.

The Board granted an initial 10-percent evaluation for a chronic cough (currently evaluated as asthma) effective January 31, 2019.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for asthma, sinusitis, and allergic rhinitis due to a need for VA examinations.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for thyroid nodules, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between his condition and his military service. The claims for service connection for prostate cancer, asthma, and nose polyps were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for asthma and a benign neck cyst to determine if the Veteran was exposed to asbestos during his military service, and whether these conditions are related to such exposure.

The Board granted service connection for asthma, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for asthma and unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, as the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the current disability levels.

The Board denied service connection for allergies, bronchitis, costochondritis, and a skin condition, but granted an initial rating of 50 percent for migraines. Several claims were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for asthma due to his failure to report for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to allow VA to obtain additional evidence, including private treatment records and line of duty determinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a respiratory condition to bronchitis and asthma, as well as loss of smell, due to inadequate medical opinions and the need to develop evidence related to toxic exposure risk activities.

The Board granted service connection for asthma due to fine particulate matter exposure effective August 5, 2021, but denied the claims for service connection for asthma on a facts-found basis prior to that date, surgical menopause, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for asthma due to a need for an additional examination and medical opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for asthma and remanded the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for eczema.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for colon cancer and a lung disability due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a respiratory disability, chest pain disability, and right shoulder disability due to insufficient medical evidence.

The Board granted service connection for asthma, finding that the Veteran's current condition is related to her military service.

The Board denied service connection for all the conditions listed as there was no evidence to support a finding that any of these conditions were related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted the restoration of a 60% rating for asthma effective February 1, 2024, as the reduction from 60% to 30% was improper.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for shortness of breath, as there was no evidence showing a FEV-1 of 80 percent or less than predicted and no requirement for intermittent inhalational or oral bronchodilator therapy.