The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic asthma and granted service connection, finding that there is at least equipoise evidence in favor of the Veteran's claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new medical opinions supported a link between the Veteran's current asthma and his exposure to noxious fumes during service, and that there was continuity of symptomatology from service to the present time.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Asthma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2016
- Citation
- 1610659
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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