The Board has determined that the veteran's interstitial lung disease and pleural scarring are not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected inactive pulmonary tuberculosis.
The deciding factor: VA medical examinations and private physician opinions do not support a finding that the veteran's current conditions were caused by medications taken for his tuberculosis over 40 years ago.
- Claimed conditions
- Interstitial Lung Disease, Pleural Scarring
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2005
- Citation
- 0500229
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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