The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a respiratory disorder, including COPD and URTIs, as there is no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence linking the current respiratory disorder to service, and significant evidence against this finding was present due to the long gap between service separation and diagnosis of the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disorder (to include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs)), residual of pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19192795
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What this means for you
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