Sarcoidosis decisions — 2025

The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for sarcoidosis and a respiratory disorder, including COPD and/or a lung nodule. The decision was based on a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an initial compensable rating for various respiratory conditions, including allergic rhinitis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, COPD, chronic sinusitis, constrictive bronchiolitis, interstitial lung disease (ILD), pleuritis, and sarcoidosis.

The veteran was granted service connection for sarcoidosis and initial disability ratings of 50% for PTSD and 20% for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity. Other claims were denied or remanded.

Service connection for sarcoidosis and sarcoidosis skin rash is granted due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service in Vietnam.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) was denied. The claim for service connection for sarcoidosis was remanded for further evaluation.

Service connection for sarcoidosis is granted under the PACT Act due to exposure to burn pits. The case is remanded for further evaluation of service connection on a basis other than the PACT Act.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the veteran's service-connected PTSD. The appeal regarding sarcoidosis was not addressed due to untimeliness.

The veteran's claim for a higher disability rating for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis was denied. The claims for pulmonary sarcoidosis and lung cancer were remanded for further evaluation.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of a respiratory disability, including MUCMI and/or sarcoidosis. The Veteran's exposure to burn pits during service in Iraq and Kuwait is noted.

The appeal is remanded for further examination of the veteran's sarcoidosis. The VA needs to conduct a new examination to assess the severity and symptoms of the condition.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection of tuberculosis and sleep apnea as secondary to sarcoidosis was denied. However, the Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The veteran's service-connected sarcoidosis rating is increased to 10 percent.