The Board has granted service connection for lung scarring, finding that it was incurred in active service. The veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic acquired respiratory disorders (COPD, bronchitis, and pneumonia) is now considered as well.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found the radiographically shown lung scarring may or may not be due to pneumonia treated in service, while a private physician opined it was likely that the pneumonia caused the veteran's lung scarring. The Board concluded any reasonable doubt should be resolved in favor of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- lung scarring
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0406256
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Decisions by this judge: 999 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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