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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Decisions by this judge: 1,676 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's restrictive pulmonary disease manifested to a compensable level prior to February 2, 2022. The claim of entitlement to TDIU is also being remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically failing to provide a VA examination and medical opinion regarding the Veteran's lung disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's pleural plaque disability, claimed as a lung condition due to asbestos exposure, is rated at 100 percent since April 17, 2017.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for pleural plaque due to asbestos exposure. Service connection is remanded for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma related to asbestos exposure.
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