The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a lung disability, apart from his service-connected pleurisy with tuberculosis and effusion, finding no evidence of a relationship between his service-connected condition and any other lung disorders.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence establishing a relationship between the veteran's service-connected pleurisy with tuberculosis and effusion and any of the other lung disorders initially manifested many years after service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0006144
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