The Board has granted service connection for a right lung disability and a respiratory disability other than a lung disability (allergic rhinitis) based on the Veteran's service history and medical evidence.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted because the Veteran had a longstanding diagnosis of allergic rhinitis that began during his military service, despite conflicting evidence regarding the presence of a current respiratory disability other than a lung disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right lung disability, respiratory disability other than a lung disability (allergic rhinitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19182050
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Decisions by this judge: 1,772 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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