The Board denied the veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his service-connected residuals of a right pneumothorax, finding that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: Pulmonary function test results from September 1998, October 2000, and December 2002 all failed to reflect FEV-1 of 80 percent or less, FEV-1/FVC of 80 percent or less, or DLCO (SB) of 80 percent or less, any of which would warrant a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right pneumothorax
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- July 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0315177
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