The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of pneumonia, including shortness of breath and a lung condition is denied as there is no current diagnosis of such conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence showing the Veteran has any residual conditions from his reported pneumonia during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of pneumonia, shortness of breath, lung condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0929825
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