The Veteran's claim for service connection for a collapsed lung (pneumothorax) is granted.,Service connection is also granted for chest pain disability as a residual of resection, right 5th rib.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the finding that the Veteran has chest pain disability related to his service-connected condition and/or prostatitis.
- Claimed conditions
- collapsed lung, chest pain disability, sleep disorder disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19176836
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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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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