The Veteran's service-connected pulmonary sarcoidosis requires him to use continuous outpatient oxygen therapy and makes him unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment, resulting in a TDIU rating from May 24, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected pulmonary sarcoidosis has progressed to Stage 4, requiring continuous outpatient oxygen therapy which significantly impacts his ability to work and results in unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary sarcoidosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19181581
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing and remanded the issue of an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected pulmonary sarcoidosis.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for pulmonary sarcoidosis and a TDIU, as the evidence did not support a higher disability rating or show that his service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Partly granted
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.
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