The veteran's obstructive lung disease is related to his military service and the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence established a current condition, linked it to the veteran's military service, and met the requirements for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2007
- Citation
- 0737899
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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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- Dismissed
Your TDIU claim is dismissed as the Veteran has already received the benefit sought and there remains no error of fact or law for the Board to address.
- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's current lung conditions, including restrictive and obstructive lung diseases, did not pre-exist service or were aggravated by service. The Board concluded that these conditions are not related to his military service.
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