The Board has granted service connection for exercise-induced asthma and presumptive service connection for a skin disorder characterized by undiagnosed illness, both of which are deemed to have begun during active service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence of in-service onset and current disability. Presumptive service connection was granted due to the Veteran's service in the Southwest Asia Theater of Operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- exercise-induced asthma, undiagnosed illness characterized by skin signs and symptoms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1625976
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