The Board has determined that the reduction of the Veteran's disability rating for reactive airway disease from 100 percent to 10 percent, effective June 1, 2017, was improper and restored the 100 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The reduction was based solely on a single April 2016 VA examination result without considering the Veteran's entire medical history or determining if the improvement in FEV-1/FVC would be maintained under ordinary conditions of life.
- Claimed conditions
- Reactive Airway Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19130537
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the service connection award for obstructive sleep apnea, rated with reactive airway disease at 30 percent.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for Reactive Airway Disease was withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Denied
The Board denied all claims for increased ratings, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating for any of the conditions.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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