The Board denied a higher disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected pulmonary nodule, finding that her FEV-1 and FEV-1/FVC levels remained above 70 percent predicted, thus not warranting a higher 30 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports consistently associated the Veteran’s respiratory impairment with her nonservice-connected disabilities of COPD and emphysema rather than her pulmonary nodule.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary nodule, coin lesion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20059716
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested to withdraw the appeal concerning a proposal to sever service connection for pulmonary nodule. The Board dismissed the appeal as per the Veteran's request.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to duty-to-assist errors and the need for a new opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's lung conditions.
- Dismissed
Your appeals for service connection and increased rating were not timely filed, so your attempts to appeal have been dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 7, 2019, for the grant of service connection for pulmonary nodule and chronic cough but denied a compensable disability rating for the same condition. The claim for service connection for lesions on lungs was remanded.
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