The Board finds that the veteran does not have a current pulmonary disability that is etiologically related to in-service exposure, and thus service connection for a pulmonary disorder cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence shows that the veteran does not have a current pulmonary disability that is the result of disease or injury incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0640240
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