The veteran's preexisting pulmonary tuberculosis was aggravated by service, and the grant of service connection for PTB is warranted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's pre-existing PTB underwent a reactivation within three years after service separation, meeting the criteria for aggravation under 38 C.F.R. § 3.307(a) and 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(a).
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0816915
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
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.
- 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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death, as well as entitlement to nonservice-connected death pension benefits and accrued benefits.
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