The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, restoration of a 30 percent evaluation for asthma with bronchitis, and increases in evaluations for his nervous condition and right wrist reflex sympathetic dystrophy. The RO proposed to reduce the veteran's 30 percent evaluation for asthma with bronchitis from October 1, 1989, but the veteran did not contest this reduction.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a 30 percent rating for asthma with bronchitis and the VA doctor's letter indicated that the veteran's condition was more severe than reflected in his medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- impingement syndrome, asthma with bronchitis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0016149
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What this means for you
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