The Board granted an increased disability rating of 30 percent for the veteran's service-connected pneumonia/bronchitis, but denied a TDIU rating.
The deciding factor: PFT results showed FEV-1 of 71 percent predicted and FEV-1/FVC of 68 percent predicted, which is within the range for a 30 percent evaluation under DC 4.97, DC 6600.
- Claimed conditions
- pneumonia/bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 21, 2005
- Citation
- 0519835
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal is dismissed because the April 2022 rating decision was not a valid decision and did not provide notice of its contents to the Veteran. The August 1997 rating decision remains the most recent prior decision on these issues.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic respiratory disorder, including as residuals of pneumonia/bronchitis, has been granted and is no longer pending.
- Granted
The Veteran's appeal was granted, with a rating of 30 percent for pneumonia/bronchitis effective June 19, 2002. The issue of TDIU remains pending.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a lack of recent VA treatment records.
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