The Board denied service connection for a lung condition secondary to the veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD). The claim for an increased evaluation of CAD was also denied. The PTSD claim resulted in a continued 30 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions indicated that the veteran's COPD was not related to his heart condition, but rather due to his smoking history.
- Claimed conditions
- Lung Condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637355
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