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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0812528
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Decisions by this judge: 1,325 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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