The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected bronchial asthma, effective September 24, 2001.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted by the veteran was found to be new and material, allowing his claim for service connection for PTSD to be reopened. The RO also granted a higher rating for his bronchial asthma based on the severity of his symptoms since October 7, 1996.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disability, to include Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bronchial Asthma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 21, 2001
- Citation
- 0126668
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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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