Sarcoidosis Board decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back disability and sarcoidosis due to insufficient evidence and need for additional development.

The Board denied service connection for a respiratory cancer of any type, lymphoma, and sarcoidosis as the evidence did not demonstrate current diagnoses or a nexus to active duty.

The Board remands the matter to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the August 2024 rating decision on appeal, specifically to determine whether the current liver disorder is secondary to the service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board remands all claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error and the need to verify toxic exposure at Fort McClellan.

The claim for service connection for sarcoidosis was dismissed as the benefit sought has been granted in full. The Board remanded the initial compensable rating for migraines for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a lung condition, to include pulmonary vasculature-lungs, sarcoidosis of lung with sarcoidosis of lymph nodes, mild obstructive lung disease, and multiple pulmonary masses/nodules with bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy.

The Board granted a 100 percent evaluation for pulmonary sarcoidosis, denied an increased evaluation for anxiety and lumbar spine disability with radiculopathy.

The Board granted a rating of 60 percent for interstitial lung disease, both prior to and from November 10, 2022.

The Board remands the case to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, specifically to obtain a VA examination for the Veteran's sarcoidosis and an explanation regarding how the symptoms of sarcoidosis do or do not constitute pyramiding with OSA.

The Board denied an increased rating for sarcoidosis but remanded the decision on TDIU based on a single service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sarcoidosis to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining an Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record and addendum medical opinion.

The veteran's claim for service connection for eczema was granted, but the claim for a higher rating for sarcoidosis with asthma prior to July 8, 2019 was denied.

The veteran's claim for a higher rating for sarcoidosis was denied. The veteran was granted a 10 percent rating for hypertension and an earlier effective date of May 15, 2018, for service connection. The veteran's claim for a higher rating for chronic kidney disease was denied, but an earlier effective date of May 15, 2018, for service connection was granted. The veteran's claim for a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction (ED) was denied, but an earlier effective date of May 15, 2018, for service connection was granted. Several issues were remanded.

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.