The Board has granted service connection for mesothelioma and assigned a non-compensable rating effective to the date of the claim, September 25, 2002. However, the veteran needs further examination and adequate notice regarding disability ratings.
The deciding factor: The veteran's initial compensable rating request was denied due to lack of recent compensation examination and inadequate notice under 38 U.S.C.A. § 5103(a).
- Claimed conditions
- mesothelioma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0611343
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's mesothelioma was rated at a noncompensable level from November 21, 2019 to December 26, 2020. The Board has now granted a 30 percent rating for this period.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals regarding various conditions, including hypertension and sleep apnea. The Veteran's appeal for service connection on all other issues is also dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to duty-to-assist errors and insufficient opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's COPD and shortness of breath. The VA is required to obtain and associate outstanding treatment records, and provide a new medical opinion on the etiology of the respiratory condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for lung condition, to include asthma, COPD, emphysema, asbestosis, and mesothelioma.
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