Service connection for a chronic lung disability, claimed as bronchitis and COPD, is not established.,Service connection for an upper respiratory infection is not established.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current diagnoses of COPD and allergic rhinitis are not related to service based on the lack of evidence of continuity or chronicity of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Lung Disability (COPD), Upper Respiratory Infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2011
- Citation
- 1115649
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed for the following issues: increased rating for allergic rhinitis, service connection for left leg disability, recurrent ovarian cyst, heart palpitations, and upper respiratory infection. The Veteran's psychiatric disabilities have been granted an increased rating of 100%.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for upper respiratory infection has been withdrawn. The increased rating for hypertension is granted, and GERD is denied.,Bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are remanded due to the need for updated VA examinations.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for allergic rhinitis with upper respiratory infection and allergies was granted, effective November 13, 1996.
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