The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) as there was no evidence of PTB during or within three years after active duty, and no competent medical evidence linking his current condition to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of PTB during the veteran's service or within the presumptive period following discharge. The veteran's PPD test results were positive but did not indicate active tuberculosis at any time, and there are no records of a diagnosis of PTB after service.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2008
- Citation
- 0812641
What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found that the evidence submitted since the June 1956 rating decision was not new and material, as it did not include competent evidence that the Veteran's PTB was manifest in service, within three years of service or was aggravated by service.
- Granted
The veteran's preexisting pulmonary tuberculosis was aggravated by service, and the grant of service connection for PTB is warranted.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, accrued benefits, and nonservice-connected death pension due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's active service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to pulmonary tuberculosis, finding no evidence that it was related to his military service.
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