Asthma Board decisions

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and denied service connection for asthma. The OSA was found to be related to the Veteran's in-service event, injury, or disease, while the asthma is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any event, injury, or disease during service.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for asthma, lumbosacral strain, and cervical strain have been denied as the evidence does not show that his conditions meet or approximate the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for asthma, eczematoid dermatitis, and allergic rhinitis are being remanded due to incomplete examination reports and the need for new VA examinations.

The Board has found new and relevant evidence to warrant readjudication of the claims for service connection for various conditions, including arthritis, back; bilateral fingers; bilateral toes; bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome; diabetes mellitus, type II; sleep apnea; and an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as 'phobias').

The Veteran's psychiatric disability is granted at a 70 percent rating effective April 30, 2019. Other claims are remanded.

Your appeal for service connection of chronic asthma has been dismissed as the Veteran's attorney withdrew the appeal.

The Veteran's asthma is granted under the PACT Act, and his right knee disability as secondary to left foot and right great toe disabilities is also granted. However, service connection for a left knee disability is denied.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical evidence and clarification of diagnoses.

The Veteran's hypertension and asthma with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have been granted service connection, with the hypertension receiving a 20% rating effective October 18, 2023, and the asthma with OSA receiving a 100% rating effective August 18, 2025.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and opinion regarding service connection for asthma and left shoulder condition. Service connection is granted for left foot pes planus.

The Veteran's bilateral foot condition and asthma have been granted service connection as they are found to be related to her military service.

The Veteran's service connection claims for chronic sinusitis, asthma, and allergic rhinitis have been granted based on the PACT Act, which recognizes these conditions as presumptively linked to exposure to burn pits during military service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the appellant's obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is secondary to his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and asthma with obesity. The VA will need to obtain new medical opinions addressing these issues.

The Veteran's asthma rating was reduced from 30 percent to 10 percent, but the reduction is overturned and a 30 percent rating is restored. The issue of whether an increased disability rating for asthma is warranted remains on appeal.

The Veteran's appeals for separate compensable ratings for obstructive sleep apnea and asthma, as well as a higher rating for the left hip condition, have been dismissed due to improper concurrent election of review options.

The Veteran's appeal for a compensable rating for common headaches and service connection for asthma was denied. The Board found that the medical evidence did not support a compensable rating for common headaches, as there were no complaints or findings in the treatment records indicating characteristic prostrating attacks of headache pain. For asthma, the Board determined that the Veteran's current diagnosis was more likely related to post-separation illness rather than service exposure, and thus denied service connection.

The Veteran's claim for increased ratings and TDIU were denied. The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from obtaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board has denied the claim for service connection of cause of death, finding that the Veteran's service-connected conditions (sleep apnea with asthma and hypertension) did not contribute substantially or materially to his death from acute pulmonary thromboembolism.

The Veteran's asthma is granted as service connected, with a rating of 10 percent effective May 31, 2024.,Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss remains at the 10 percent disability rating.

The Veteran is seeking to have the denial of service connection for asthma in the October 2015 rating decision revised due to clear and unmistakable error. The Board has found an error in satisfying a statutory and regulatory duty, and thus remands the case for further adjudication by the AOJ.