The veteran's claim for service connection for a pulmonary disorder secondary to asbestos exposure is granted, with an effective date of February 7, 1995.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the presence of a pulmonary disorder at the time of the initial application and the current opinion linking it to inservice asbestos exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary disorder, pleural plaque
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0125399
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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.
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