The veteran's current respiratory disorder, obstructive lung disease, is found to be related to service and the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided an opinion linking the veteran's current obstructive lung disease to his military service, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0620579
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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.
What you can do next
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