The Board has denied both the veteran's claims for service connection for asthma and congestive heart failure secondary to asthma, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the asthma claim and that there is no service-connected condition from which the congestive heart failure could be considered secondary.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the veteran did not submit new and material evidence to reopen his claim for service connection for asthma. Additionally, since asthma was not a service-connected disability, the Board found that there was insufficient evidence to establish that the congestive heart failure was secondary to asthma.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma, congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0333063
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sinusitis, elbows condition, cervical condition, erectile dysfunction, kidney condition, sleep apnea, wrists condition, asthma, shoulders condition, ankles condition, eye condition (bilateral dry macular degeneration), peripheral vascular disease (heart condition), and rhinitis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma but denied it for hypertension.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
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