Asthma Board decisions

The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a lung condition due to asbestos exposure, and hypertension as there is no evidence of these conditions during or within one year after service.

The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for asthma and anemia due to missing service medical records, lack of VA examination reports, and incomplete development.

The Board found no basis to assign a disability rating greater than 30 percent for the veteran's COPD with bronchial asthma, as his pulmonary function testing did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board finds that the service-connected bronchial asthma contributed substantially or materially to causing the veteran's death, and grants service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.

The veteran's claims for right and left knee disabilities, asthma, migraine headaches, dental disability, and PTSD have all been denied as there is no evidence of these conditions in service or post-service. The veteran has also been denied entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board found that the veteran's asthma did not originate during any period of active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training; nor is her asthma otherwise related to any period of active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training. Therefore, service connection for asthma was denied.

The VA has determined that the veteran's service-connected bronchial asthma warrants a disability rating of no more than 30 percent, as his symptoms do not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher evaluation.

The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete service medical records.

The veteran's claim of service connection for chronic hepatitis C has been reopened, but the new evidence does not establish that his current condition is related to military service.,The veteran's claims of service connection for a chronic lung disorder and PTSD have also been reopened. The new evidence supports the veteran's contention that his current conditions are related to his military service.

The Board found that the termination of disability compensation benefits was proper effective October 1, 1998. The veteran's claim for reinstatement of his benefit back to this date was denied.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for bronchial asthma prior to November 1, 2005 was granted. The effective date of the 60 percent rating for bronchial asthma was set at September 27, 1998.

The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for asthma and is considering it in conjunction with his claim for COPD. The evidence received since the July 1975 decision indicates that some of the additional evidence relates to an unestablished element necessary to support the claim for service connection for asthma, but there is clear and unmistakable evidence indicating that the veteran's current respiratory disorders are not related to service.

The veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected condition or a VA treatment, and the Board finds no evidence to support the appellant's claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death or under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence of service-connected malaria, arthritis, asthma, or residuals of a forehead injury. The veteran's claims are denied.

The Board found that the veteran's bronchial asthma did not warrant an evaluation in excess of 30 percent, and his lumbosacral strain was rated as 10 percent disabling. The appeal is denied.

The Board found that the veteran's asthma was not incurred or aggravated during active service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the appellant's asthma was not incurred or aggravated in service and is unrelated to his military service.

The veteran's claims for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, asthma, and chronic allergic pruritis were denied. The veteran was awarded a combined evaluation of 60 percent for his service-connected disabilities.

The VA determined that the appellant's pre-existing asthma condition existed prior to his military service and was not aggravated by active duty. Therefore, the claim for service connection for asthma is denied.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for tuberculosis and asthma, finding that there was no evidence of a link between these conditions and his military service.