The Veteran's currently diagnosed pleural plaque is related to his in-service asbestos exposure, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved all doubt in favor of the Veteran regarding his in-service asbestos exposure and found that his pleural plaque is at least as likely as not related to this exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- pleural plaque
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19196974
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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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