The Veteran's claim for service connection for scarring of the lungs was denied as there is no evidence linking his current lung disorder to military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a link between any possible current lung disorder and the Veteran's military service, given the long gap in time between the claimed disorder and active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- scarring of the lungs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0941737
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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