The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected chronic bronchitis warrants a 100 percent rating based on pulmonary function test results showing FEV-1 less than 40% of predicted value.
The deciding factor: The May 1999 pulmonary function test showed an FEV-1 reading of approximately 38% of the predicted value, which is considered to be close to but not below the threshold for a 100 percent rating under the applicable criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 4, 2001
- Citation
- 0109981
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What this means for you
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