The Board found that the reduction of a 60 percent rating for bilateral pleural plaques due to asbestos exposure to a noncompensable (0 percent) rating effective April 1, 2008 was proper. The Veteran's COPD is not service-connected.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions indicated no functional impairment related to the service-connected bilateral pleural plaques and that his pulmonary symptoms were due to cardiomyopathy and COPD.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral pleural plaques due to asbestos exposure, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2012
- Citation
- 1219870
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