The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent for his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis with residual chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma has been denied. The appeal is not about service connection, but rather the evaluation of this condition.
The deciding factor: Pulmonary function test results do not meet criteria for higher ratings due to lack of evidence of cor pulmonale (right heart failure), right ventricular hypertrophy, pulmonary hypertension, episodes of acute respiratory failure, or other manifestations warranting outpatient oxygen therapy.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis with residual chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 21, 2015
- Citation
- 1531134
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