The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic cough, which he attributes to his service in the Persian Gulf War, is considered a qualifying chronic disability and can be attributed to an undiagnosed illness. The evidence does not establish an underlying pathology for the respiratory disability.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence of record supports finding that the Veteran has a qualifying chronic disability by history, physical examination, and laboratory tests, which cannot be attributed to any known clinical diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Respiratory Disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2018
- Citation
- 1823824
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