The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to August 8, 2003, for the assignment of a 100 percent disability rating for inactive chronic pulmonary tuberculosis is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence available to document the severity of the tuberculosis during the year prior to the August 2003 claim.
- Claimed conditions
- inactive chronic pulmonary tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0606374
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- Remanded (sent back)
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