Sarcoidosis decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for bronchial asthma with COPD and sarcoidosis based on the medical evidence showing FEV-1 percentages that did not meet the criteria for higher ratings.

The Board denied an increased rating for sarcoidosis but granted service connection for a left eye disorder, including glaucoma and a bilateral hand disorder as secondary to sarcoidosis.

The Board granted service connection for sarcoidosis, finding it at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for lung disability other than COPD, sinus infection, allergies and hypersensitivity, and COPD due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted a 30 percent initial rating for sarcoidosis, but remanded the claim for total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted service connection for the circumcision scar and remanded several other conditions, including prostate cancer, ED, suprapubic pain, voiding dysfunction, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, and granulomatous epididymitis, due to a need for further evidence.

The Board remands the case to obtain a medical opinion on whether the Veteran's intermittent pedal edema is associated with his sarcoidosis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for sarcoidosis and remanded the claim for service connection for a right elbow disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for asthma, sarcoidosis, and pneumothorax to correct pre-decision duty-to-assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sarcoidosis to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing the holding in Spicer v. McDonough, as the RO did not attempt to obtain such an opinion before deciding the claim.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sarcoidosis to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's currently diagnosed condition.

The veteran withdrew all pending appeals, and the Board dismissed the appeals.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, but denied an increased rating for depressive disorder.

The Board granted service connection for sarcoidosis due to the Veteran's exposure to toxins at Camp Lejeune, but remanded the claim for scleroderma for further development.

The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date of August 1, 2023, for the grant of service connection for sarcoidosis with asthma. The initial rating for diabetes mellitus type 2 was denied prior to March 12, 2024, but a 20 percent rating was granted from that date.

The appeal for entitlement to service connection for sarcoidosis was dismissed due to a procedural defect of an improper concurrent election of multiple review options.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his anaplastic thyroid carcinoma was related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sarcoidosis to obtain a medical opinion and additional evidence.

The Board remands the claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for sarcoidosis to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing and remanded the issue of an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected pulmonary sarcoidosis.