The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for bronchitis with bronchospasm (claimed as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) as a result of gunshot wound to chest and found that new and material evidence has been submitted. The Board also determined that the veteran's current respiratory disability is likely secondary to his service-connected injury.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence indicates that the veteran's current respiratory condition, including bronchitis with bronchospasm and chronic lung scarring, is likely related to his service-connected gunshot wound to the chest.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchitis with bronchospasm, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0216908
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