The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for pneumonia, finding that there is no current diagnosis of pneumonia or residuals thereof and that the Veteran did not have pneumonia during service.
The deciding factor: There is no objective medical evidence of record that the Veteran has a current diagnosis of pneumonia or residuals thereof, or that the Veteran had pneumonia in service.
- Claimed conditions
- pneumonia, bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19108862
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What this means for you
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