The Board restored service connection for pulmonary hypertension as the AOJ's severance decision was improper due to a lack of clear and unmistakable error.
The deciding factor: VA failed to establish that the original grant of service connection for pulmonary hypertension was clearly and unmistakably erroneous.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2026
- Citation
- A26013610
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for pulmonary hypertension is remanded due to inconsistencies in the VA examination findings. The examiner must clarify whether the Veteran has a current diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension and determine if it is related to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim of CUE in the December 2005 rating decision that assigned a 60 percent initial disability rating for cardiomyopathy with pulmonary hypertension, finding no clear and unmistakable error.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease with angina, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation have been granted effective from the date of receipt of claims. Pulmonary hypertension has also been granted as secondary to these conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date and initial rating of 100 percent for AICD with congestive heart failure is granted, as is the claim for service connection for pulmonary hypertension associated with sarcoidosis. The Veteran also receives a 100 percent rating for sarcoidosis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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