The Board has granted service connection for COPD on the basis of aggravation, but asthma remains unresolved. The Veteran's pre-existing asthma is now considered to be aggravated by his service-connected COPD.
The deciding factor: The examiner opined that it was at least as likely as not that the pre-existing asthma condition was aggravated by the now service-connected COPD.
- Claimed conditions
- COPD, Asthma
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20067672
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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