The Veteran's lung disabilities, diagnosed as COPD and pulmonary hemosiderosis, were not present in service and are not etiologically related to service. The Board denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show a link between the Veteran’s military service and his post-service lung disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lung disabilities, pulmonary hemosiderosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20045351
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