The veteran's asthma was granted a 30 percent rating from May 12, 1997 to September 13, 2004. His right little finger disability was not found to warrant a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: Pulmonary function tests showed FEV-1 of 55% predicted and FEV-1/FVC of 82%, indicating asthma requiring daily inhalational or oral bronchodilator therapy, but no more than one episode weekly of respiratory failure. The right little finger disability did not show ankylosis or functional loss equivalent to amputation.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma, fracture of the metacarpal (MC) joint of the right little finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 30, 2005
- Citation
- 0526829
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