The Board granted an effective date of September 15, 2017, for the award of service connection for COPD with asthma but denied a compensable rating and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection prior to that date.

The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence showing the Veteran's COPD and asthma were diagnosed before his lung cancer diagnosis, which served as the basis for secondary service connection.

Claimed conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma

How they argued it

Secondary to another service-connected condition

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 23, 2025

Citation

A25091984

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