COPD Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, finding no current disability and insufficient evidence of an in-service event or exposure.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his congestive heart failure and other contributing conditions were not caused by or related to his active military service.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 100 percent rating for PTSD and remanded issues related to service connection for COPD and TDIU.

The Board denied service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as it is not etiologically related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Veteran was granted an initial rating of 60 percent for COPD with asthma, a TDIU effective from August 3, 2020, and SMC at the housebound rate from the same date.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of the Veteran's cause of death due to COPD and lung cancer caused by pulmonary asbestosis, to obtain a new medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's condition.

The Board denied an increased rating for COPD, dismissed the appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for COPD as moot, and denied service connection for a pulmonary nodule.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for COPD, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, lung cancer, thyroid cancer, and hypertension due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the claim for a more adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death, COPD.

The Board granted service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and remanded the claims for hypertension and diabetes mellitus.

The Board remands the claim for a lung condition, to include COPD, on an accrued basis as a substitute party due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for asthma and COPD on a presumptive basis under the PACT Act, but remanded claims for direct service connection.

The Board granted a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, but denied increased ratings for coronary artery disease with atrial fibrillation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer, status post lobectomy.

The Board granted service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) under the PACT Act, as it is presumed to be related to in-service toxic exposure.

The Board remands the claim for an increased rating as the most recent VA examination is inadequate and a supplemental medical opinion is needed.

The Board denied service connection for breathing difficulties or a respiratory disability, including asthma, COPD emphysematous type or emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asbestosis, and chronic sinusitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for COPD, gout, and hypertension as well as an earlier effective date and a compensable rating for hypertension due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to include emphysema from December 4, 2023.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 10, 2022, for the Veteran's service connection for COPD based on the PACT Act.

The Board remands the claim for an effective date of August 10, 2022, for service connection for asthma to include COPD due to the proposed severance of service connection for asthma being inextricably intertwined with this issue.