Asthma Board decisions

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a Social and Industrial survey and an examination to assess the impact of service-connected disabilities on employability.

The Board denied service connection for asthma as there is no competent medical evidence of a current diagnosis of asthma.

The Veteran's request to reopen a claim for service connection for asthma, including bronchitis or bronchial asthma, was granted. The Board has no jurisdiction over the appeal of eligibility for nonservice-connected pension benefits.

The Board determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for a respiratory condition, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Veteran's asthma was rated at 10 percent for the period from June 18, 2002 to April 15, 2008 and increased to 30 percent starting April 15, 2008. The Veteran's migraine headaches were rated at 50 percent.

The appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any asthma.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for a TDIU rating, as it was not factually ascertainable that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused individual unemployability prior to August 12, 1991.

The Veteran's bronchial asthma was granted a higher initial 30 percent rating prior to April 21, 2005, but the claim for an increased rating for his left scrotal sac scar remains pending.

The Veteran is granted service connection for exercise-induced asthma, but denied service connection for allergic rhinitis.

The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development of evidence, including obtaining private medical records and SSA records.

The Board found that the Veteran's death was not proximately due to or the result of a disease or injury incurred in service, and denied entitlement to service connection for the cause of his death.

The Board concluded that the May 2001, April 2002, and August 2002 rating decisions were not clearly and unmistakably erroneous in assigning an effective date of July 6, 1999, for service connection for PTSD, GERD, and hearing loss. An earlier effective date is precluded by law.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher evaluations or additional service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's allergic asthma does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 10 percent.

The appeal was remanded to obtain additional evidence and provide proper notice.

The Veteran's skin disorder and bilateral hip bursitis were granted service connection. The Veteran was also granted a 30 percent disability rating for asthma.

The appellant's verified service in the Philippine Commonwealth Army during World War II is not qualifying service for purposes of establishing basic entitlement to nonservice-connected pension benefits. The criteria for service connection for arthritis, hypertension, and asthma have not been met.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a bilateral hip disorder, a bilateral knee disorder, a back disorder, a bilateral ankle disorder, asthma, and emphysema were denied as there was no evidence of current disability or a link to service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for asthma, cataracts and depression as secondary to atopic dermatitis due to a need for medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for hay fever, asthma, hypertension, and coronary artery disease as the conditions were not shown to have been aggravated by service or incurred in service. Social phobia was granted a 10% rating.