The Board has determined that the Veteran's restrictive lung disease, including his symptoms of chest pain and shortness of breath, are secondary to service-connected sarcoidosis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's current restrictive lung disease is at least as likely as not caused by or a result of the same type of abnormality seen on chest x-ray and PFTs in 1990, which was related to his service-connected sarcoidosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Restrictive lung disease, Obesity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1210937
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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