The Board has granted service connection for right wrist and right ankle pain, but denied service connection for reactive airway disease (bronchitis).
The deciding factor: The April 2019 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's reactive airway disease is not at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury, event, or disease, including bronchitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Right wrist pain, Right ankle pain, Reactive airway disease (bronchitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19148834
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
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- Denied
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