The Veteran's asthma was rated at 60 percent during the entire course of the appeal, with intermittent courses of systemic corticosteroids for relief. The criteria for a higher rating were not met.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s FEV-1 and FEV-1/FVC values did not meet the criteria for a 100% rating under Diagnostic Code 6602, as he did not have more than one attack per week with episodes of respiratory failure or daily use of systemic high dose corticosteroids.
- Claimed conditions
- Asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129393
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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