The Board found that the veteran's service-connected pleurisy did not result in any material pulmonary impairment and was not responsible for his current lung disability, which is primarily due to COPD. Therefore, a compensable evaluation for pleurisy was denied.
The deciding factor: Pleurisy was not causative of the veteran's current adverse pulmonary symptomatology, which is attributed to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiac problems.
- Claimed conditions
- pleurisy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0324821
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