The Board has determined that the veteran had asbestos exposure during service and currently suffers from a lung disorder, which is consistent with asbestosis. The Board grants service connection for an asbestos-related lung disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a diagnosis of asbestosis in the veteran, who served aboard ships where asbestos insulation was used extensively.
- Claimed conditions
- pleural thickening, pleural fibrosis, restrictive lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0308769
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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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