The veteran's respiratory disability was rated at 100 percent effective August 23, 2007, due to the need for outpatient oxygen therapy.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the veteran requiring outpatient oxygen therapy as of August 23, 2007, which met the criteria for a 100 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6600.
- Claimed conditions
- Respiratory disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0812528
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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