The Board has granted a 60 percent evaluation for interstitial lung disease due to asbestos exposure from January 18, 2001, to July 9, 2002. From July 10, 2002, to December 29, 2003, and from May 12, 2004, a noncompensable evaluation is assigned.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran's FVC was at least 80 percent of predicted during different periods, warranting staged ratings with partial grants for higher evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0616597
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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