The Veteran's claims for increased ratings, service connection, and TDIU have been denied. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a rating in excess of 30 percent for his service-connected IPH or establishes service connection for any of the other conditions he seeks.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show the Veteran's service-connected IPH is manifested by pulmonary function testing showing FEV-1 of 40 to 55 percent predicted; or FEV-1/FVC of 40 to 55 percent; or DLCO (SB) of 40 to 55 percent predicted.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Anxiety and Depression)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 8, 2017
- Citation
- 1707046
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