The Board denied service connection for a respiratory disease, including pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), due to insufficient evidence supporting the diagnosis.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the submitted evidence was insufficient to establish a diagnosis of PTB related to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disease, pulmonary tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0207055
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis was at least as likely as not a contributory cause of his death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for respiratory disease and bilateral hearing loss due to a need for additional evidence, including a TERA memo and VA examinations.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date than January 28, 2014 for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of respiratory diseases, including COPD and pulmonary vascular disease with a history of pulmonary embolism, is remanded. The Board found that the original decision did not fully address all aspects of the veteran's claim.
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