The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral knee disability and tremors, as well as his claim for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for pulmonary fibrosis. The decision also noted that new evidence submitted since May 2002 did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating his previously-denied claims.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected pulmonary fibrosis was evaluated at 30% based on post-bronchodilator FEV-1 and FEV-1/FVC values, which were within the criteria for a 30% evaluation under Diagnostic Codes 6600 and 6604.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of both knees, pulmonary fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0803040
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