The Board has determined that the Veteran's hemoptysis is related to his service-connected epistaxis and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's hemoptysis is secondary to his service-connected epistaxis, satisfying the requirements for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hemoptysis, epistaxis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1602728
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for increased ratings of deviated nasal septum, epistaxis, atrial fibrillation, and prostate cancer with urinary incontinence as they were filed more than one year after the last rating decisions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on four different conditions (epistaxis, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psoriasis) have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the appeal process.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for epistaxis is dismissed. The appeal for service connection for gout (left foot) is denied.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for epistaxis and obstructive sleep apnea, but denied an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The anxiety disorder was granted a 100 percent rating.
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