The Veteran was granted an initial 30 percent rating for interstitial lung disease and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities, both effective from January 10, 2017.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's respiratory symptoms have been consistent with the criteria for a 30 percent rating under the General Rating Formula for Interstitial Lung Disease. Additionally, his combined disability rating meets the threshold for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Interstitial lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20064019
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
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- Denied
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- Denied
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