The Veteran's COPD was granted an increased disability rating of 30 percent, effective from the date of the decision. The TDIU claim is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The post-bronchodilator FEV-1 value of 70% predicted met the criteria for a 30% disability rating under DC 6604.
- Claimed conditions
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20005006
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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