COPD decisions — 2025

1,103 vetted Board decisions in 2025.

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New decisions are added every week, and older years are actively being backfilled — a year that looks thin or missing here (especially 2011–2017) is a gap in our library, not in the Board’s decisions.

GrantedJanuary 2025
The veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been granted.
DeniedJanuary 2025
The Board denied service connection for COPD and kidney disability, finding insufficient evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's military service.
Remanded (sent back)PACT Act · January 2025
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for COPD and heart failure to obtain adequate VA examinations and opinions considering all toxic exposures and theories of entitlement.

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