The Veteran's service connection for COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is granted. The other issues remain pending as the ratings have not been determined.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on a diagnosis of COPD, which is related to smoking and service records.
- Claimed conditions
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1003399
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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