Sarcoidosis decisions — 2024

The Veteran's pancreatic cancer and sarcoidosis are granted as service-connected due to exposure to burn pits during his service in the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations. The cause of death is also granted, with the pancreatic cancer being considered the immediate cause.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a skin condition and benign prostatic hypertrophy due to inadequate medical opinions. The Veteran's skin conditions include cutaneous sarcoidosis, seborrheic dermatitis, eczema, xerosis, asteatotic eczema, and pityriasis rosea. The Board also found the medical opinions regarding the Veteran's BPH were inadequate.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's lung conditions and exposure to asbestos. The claim will be returned for further development.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to April 12, 2021.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for sarcoidosis with lung calcification and granuloma is granted effective as of May 27, 2015. The issue of evaluation of degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine was erroneously added to a supplemental statement of the case and dismissed.

The Veteran's TDIU and SMC based on housebound status are granted due to his service-connected disabilities, including diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, PTSD, and other conditions.

The Veteran's asthma is granted as secondary to his service-connected sarcoidosis. The rating for PTSD with unspecified depressive disorder remains at 50 percent, and the issues regarding a skin disability of the right arm and sarcoidosis are remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected sarcoidosis and major depressive disorder are granted, with a 100% rating for sarcoidosis effective March 23, 2010, and SMC at the housebound rate effective March 17, 2018.

The Veteran's sarcoidosis is remanded for a new VA examination to determine if it had onset in or is caused by his military service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and depressive disorder, and sarcoidosis have been remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions.

The Veteran's sarcoidosis was not manifest in service or within one year of separation, and the Board found no causal relationship between the condition and his active duty. The claim for service connection is denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for sarcoidosis and obstructive sleep apnea due to inadequate medical opinions regarding in-service asbestos exposure, obesity caused by service-connected conditions, and the relationship between sarcoidosis and OSA.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional information regarding his work history and for extra-schedular consideration of TDIU prior to March 25, 2022.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment on an extraschedular basis from January 21, 2009, to May 30, 2013.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate reasoning in a previous VA examination and the need for an addendum opinion considering the Veteran's lay statements about her sarcoidosis diagnosis.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including depression, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, tinnitus, residuals of a ganglion scar, sarcoidosis, and headaches, precluded him from securing substantially gainful employment prior to October 11, 2016. As such, TDIU is granted.