The Board has granted service connection for reactive airway disease and finds that the veteran's reactive airway disease was incurred during active duty service. The tuberculosis and fatigue issues are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: Service connection is warranted for reactive airway disease as it was incurred during active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- reactive airway disease, tuberculosis, disability manifested by chronic fatigue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0407432
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and right middle finger strain with degenerative arthritis. The claim for tuberculosis was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for tuberculosis to afford the Veteran a VA examination and obtain a medical opinion on the nature and etiology of any current lung condition, including tuberculosis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 60 percent for the service-connected reactive airway disease, but no higher. The appeal regarding entitlement to an earlier effective date was dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for tuberculosis as the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran has active tuberculosis related to service.
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