The Veteran's emphysema with associated shortness of breath and fatigue is granted as secondary to his service-connected TB with COPD. The remaining issues are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: Emphysema was proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability (TB with COPD).
- Claimed conditions
- emphysema, shortness of breath, fatigue
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19179749
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.
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