The Veteran's asbestosis with pleural plaques has been rated at 60 percent since April 8, 2013. The Board granted a 100 percent rating effective February 7, 2013, due to the inability of pulmonary function testing from that date forward.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was unable to complete pulmonary function tests due to his asbestosis with pleural plaques, which met the criteria for a disability rating of 100 percent under the General Formula for Interstitial Lung Disease (DC 6833).
- Claimed conditions
- asbestosis with pleural plaques
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1603565
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