The Board granted service connection for pulmonary hypertension, asthmatic bronchitis condition, centrilobular emphysema with interstitial lung disease and chronic respiratory failure, diabetes mellitus type II as secondary to service-connected pulmonary hypertension, and ischemic heart disease with chronic diastolic congestive heart failure as secondary to service-connected pulmonary hypertension. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was remanded.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence established a relationship between the Veteran's claimed conditions and their service, including toxic exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary hypertension, asthmatic bronchitis condition, centrilobular emphysema with interstitial lung disease and chronic respiratory failure, diabetes mellitus type II, as secondary to service-connected pulmonary hypertension condition, ischemic heart disease with chronic diastolic congestive heart failure, as secondary to service-connected pulmonary hypertension condition, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25058003
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.
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