The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for breathing problems due to an upper respiratory condition, as well as a claim for an increased rating for residuals of shrapnel wound of the right upper chest with retained foreign body and scars on lung. The Board found that there was no evidence linking the current pulmonary/respiratory disability to his military service or to his service-connected shrapnel wound.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not indicate a connection between the veteran's current respiratory condition and his military service, including any potential secondary effect of his service-connected shrapnel wound.
- Claimed conditions
- Breathing problems, Upper respiratory condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0612360
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