COPD Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for COPD, emphysema, and special monthly compensation due to a need for aid and attendance or being housebound for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors and the need for additional evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for cause of the Veteran's death and a lung disability to correct a duty to assist error.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for higher initial rating of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and service connection for sleep apnea and hypertension.

The Board denied a higher disability rating for PTSD with MDD and insomnia, but granted TDIU based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for COPD, finding that the Veteran's condition is related to his military service.

The appeal for service connection of a recurrent right lung disability, other than COPD, is remanded. The Board needs more medical evidence to determine the nature and cause of the condition.

The Board remands the claim for a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea with asthma and COPD to obtain an adequate examination that accurately reflects the Veteran's current symptomology.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for COPD, lipoma disability, eye/color vision disability, liver disability, eye/perception disability, CTS of both upper extremities, neuropathy of both lower extremities as they were subject to a prohibited concurrent election and there is no remaining case or controversy.

The appeal for service connection of a respiratory disability, including COPD and bronchitis, is remanded. The Board found the medical examiner's opinion inadequate and requires further development.

Service connection for COPD secondary to asbestos exposure is granted, effective from April 7, 2014. Other issues are remanded.

The veteran's claim for service connection of congestive heart failure as secondary to hypertensive vascular disease was granted. The claims for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and diaphragm paralysis were remanded.

The Board remanded the veteran's claims for higher rating of COPD and service connection for dizziness, left knee strain, right knee strain, and lumbosacral strain due to inadequate examinations and missing records.

The veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for COPD was granted, and they are now rated at 30%.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for squamous cell carcinoma and COPD to correct pre-decision duty-to-assist errors.

The appeal for an initial disability rating higher than 10 percent for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an evaluation greater than 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The Board remanded several claims for readjudication and denied others, including service connection for COPD, hemorrhoids, left shoulder condition, right shoulder injury, and sinusitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bladder cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to obtain a new medical opinion addressing the relationship between the Veteran's in-service asbestos exposure and his bladder cancer, as well as the timeliness of the appeal for COPD.

The Board granted service connection for lung disability, diagnosed as asbestosis, benign fibrotic nodule of the lung, COVID-19 pneumonia, loculated right-sided parapneumonic pleural effusion, left upper lobectomy with persistent small left pleural effusion and COPD.