The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for the appellant's service-connected bronchial asthma, effective from October 1996. The claim was reopened due to new evidence and is now rated under the old criteria as it applies more favorably.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records show that the appellant had frequent hospitalizations and multiple outpatient visits for his bronchial asthma, with FEV-1 test results within the 40 to 55 percent range, warranting a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Bronchial Asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0010764
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