The Veteran is granted a 60 percent rating for restrictive airway disease from November 19, 2010 to August 31, 2012. The appeal is denied as the Veteran does not meet criteria for a 100 percent rating prior to September 1, 2012.
The deciding factor: The pre-bronchodilator FEV-1/FVC ratio of 45% predicted warranted a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6603. The Veteran did not meet criteria for a 100 percent rating as his FEV-1 was at least 40% predicted and he did not have other findings such as maximum exercise capacity less than 15 ml/kg/min oxygen consumption.
- Claimed conditions
- Restrictive Airway Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18100933
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