The Veteran's chronic disability of hemoptysis, which has persisted since his service in Iraq, is considered to be due to an undiagnosed illness and granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's condition met the criteria for a qualifying 'chronic' disability due to an undiagnosed illness as defined by the Persian Gulf War presumption.
- Claimed conditions
- hemoptysis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2015
- Citation
- 1502599
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left ankle disability manifested by pain and disability manifested by chest pain, but denied service connection for hemoptysis and left lower extremity radiculopathy. The claims of service connection for dizziness as secondary to tinnitus and right lower extremity disability were remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for residuals of inactive tuberculosis from March 21, 2020 to February 24, 2021.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including an enlarged cisterna magna and various other symptoms, as there was no evidence of a chronic disability that manifested during or after service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to incomplete VA treatment records, specifically those scanned into the VISTA imaging system. The RO is instructed to obtain and associate all of the Veteran's records from this system with the record.
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