The Board has granted service connection for bronchiectasis and bilateral chronic obstructive airways disease, finding that new evidence presented supports reopening the claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new medical opinions supported a positive relationship between service and the veteran's current lung conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchiectasis, bilateral chronic obstructive airways disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0101980
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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