The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for asthma and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired mental health disability, to include PTSD and alcohol abuse disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's asthma was found to be no more than 30 percent disabling based on the evidence of record. The claim for service connection for an acquired mental health disability was remanded due to a duty to assist error in the prior examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Asthma, Acquired mental health disability (PTSD, alcohol abuse disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25030961
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for asthma from August 23, 2021 to May 14, 2022.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a heart condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lymphedema and granted an initial 20% rating for a painful and unstable scar on the right mid-shin, effective April 14, 2022. Other claims were remanded.
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