The Veteran's chronic laryngitis with right laryngocele was reduced to a 10% rating in July 2019, but the Board has restored the prior 30% rating effective October 1, 2019.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show sustained improvement in the Veteran's chronic laryngitis that would reflect an improvement in his ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic laryngitis, right laryngocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2020
- Citation
- A20015099
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an increased disability rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's service-connected chronic laryngitis as the evidence did not show thickening or nodules of cords, polyps, submucous infiltration, or pre-malignant changes on biopsy.
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