The Board finds that the Veteran's diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not due to exposure to asbestos in service, nor is such disability otherwise related to his military service. The Veteran has been granted a new and material issue of reopening his claim for asbestosis but does not have evidence linking it to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no objective medical evidence that the Veteran's current COPD or asbestosis are due to exposure to asbestos in service, and there is no other evidence linking these conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Asbestosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2010
- Citation
- 1023473
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