The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected asthma, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on pulmonary function test results and lack of documented need for monthly visits to a physician or systemic corticosteroids.
The deciding factor: The severity of the veteran's asthma was found to be at its worst with forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV-1) of 58.5 percent of the predicted value and ratio of FEV-1 to forced vital capacity (FVC) (FEV-1/FVC) of 66 percent of the predicted value, which did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 4.97.
- Claimed conditions
- Asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2002
- Citation
- 0213385
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