The Veteran's claim for service connection for a collapsed lung (pneumothorax) is granted.,Service connection for chest pain disability as a residual of resection, right 5th rib, and sleep disorder disability are also granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the presence of current disabilities related to the Veteran's service-connected condition, including chest pain and difficulty sleeping secondary to his service-connected residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- collapsed lung, chest pain disability, sleep disorder disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19176836
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a lung disability, to include a collapsed lung or residuals thereof, and shin disabilities due to insufficient evidence of an in-service injury or disease.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for a chest pain disability, a lower back disability, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on new and relevant evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a chest pain disability, secondary to the appellant's service-connected PTSD with panic attacks and major depressive disorder, as there was no evidence of a current disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied all claims for increased disability ratings and service connection for chest pain, finding the evidence persuasively against the veteran's contentions.
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