The Board has restored the Veteran's 60 percent rating for right thoracotomy, which was reduced to noncompensable. The Veteran now has at least one service-connected disability rated as compensable.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show actual improvement in the Veteran's ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work, thus failing to support a reduction from 60 percent to noncompensable.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Thoracotomy, Reactive Airway Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1233968
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