Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for coronary artery disease, service connection for bladder cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's conditions were related to his military service or secondary to his service-connected adenocarcinoma of the right lung.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD), status-post myocardial infarction (MI) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Bladder cancer, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25014406
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