The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of pneumonia is denied as there are no current disabilities related to the in-service pneumonia.
The deciding factor: There are no current residuals of pneumonia found in post-service medical records, and the Veteran has not provided credible evidence of a present disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19143951
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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