The Veteran's pulmonary asbestosis is currently rated at 60 percent from May 18, 2017 to May 31, 2019. The Board found that a higher rating was not warranted for any period.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show an FVC of less than 50% predicted or DLCO (SB) less than 40% predicted; nor did it show the Veteran required outpatient oxygen therapy due to his pulmonary asbestosis.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary asbestosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20041867
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a respiratory disorder, including interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, and pulmonary asbestosis, due to in-service asbestos exposure.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because his representative withdrew the appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal of a compensable disability rating for pulmonary asbestosis due to a remand in another case, and no new claim was filed between the previous decision and this one.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence to determine the severity of the Veteran's pulmonary asbestosis during the period on appeal, and whether it is possible to separate its effects from his non-service-connected renal cancer with metastasis to the lung.
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