The Board finds that the appellant as likely as not suffers from a recurrent, but chronic pulmonary disease process that had its clinical onset due to events that happened during his period of active duty for training.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows recurrent respiratory symptoms since service and a diagnosis of asthma by history in 1998 following referral to an allergy and asthma specialist.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Pulmonary Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2009
- Citation
- 0919928
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