The Board has granted service connection for a lung disability with a left upper lobe cavitary lesion and hemoptysis, effective June 25, 2008. The Veteran's claim was reopened based on new evidence submitted in June 2008.
The deciding factor: The claim was reopened due to the submission of new evidence by the Veteran in June 2008, which led to a grant of service connection for the lung disability with a left upper lobe cavitary lesion and hemoptysis effective from that date.
- Claimed conditions
- lung disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1805173
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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.
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