The Board has determined that the veteran's reactive airway disease (asthma) warrants a 10 percent evaluation since October 7, 1996. The evidence shows occasional episodes of breathing difficulty but no clinical findings between attacks and mild asthmatic episodes not requiring medication.
The deciding factor: PFT results in November 1997 showed FEV-1/FVC of 80%, which meets the criteria for a 10% evaluation under both old and new rating criteria. However, there is no evidence of frequent attacks or daily therapy required.
- Claimed conditions
- Reactive Airway Disease (Asthma)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0216898
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