The Board has granted service connection for asthma, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis of asthma is related to his in-service condition and not due to any increase during service. The Veteran's self-reported history of childhood asthma was found credible, and there is no clear and unmistakable evidence that he had pre-existing asthma.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran’s current asthma to be related to his in-service condition based on his credible explanation for why he reported having a history of asthma at service entry. The March 2016 VA examiner's opinion was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous as it relied on the Veteran's self-report or STRs based on that self-report.
- Claimed conditions
- Asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- A19000300
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