Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and anxiety, and assigned a 30 percent rating for asthma (previously rated as COPD) effective March 31, 2022. Service connection was denied for degenerative arthritis and higher ratings were denied for episodic sinusitis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric disability was caused by events in service, but the evidence did not support a finding that his unspecified degenerative arthritis began during service or is otherwise related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD and anxiety), Degenerative arthritis, Asthma (also claimed as bronchitis and previously rated as COPD), Episodic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25086235
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