The Board has determined that the Veteran's current respiratory disorder, claimed as asbestosis, is at least as likely as not related to his in-service exposure to asbestos. As a result, service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows significant exposure to asbestos during service and no post-service exposure, leading to a clinical picture consistent with asbestos-related lung disease.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disorder (claimed as asbestosis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1043980
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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.
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