The Veteran's chronic bronchitis has been assigned a 10 percent disability evaluation, and the Board finds that this is not sufficient to warrant an increased rating.
The deciding factor: FEV-1/FVC was consistently below 56% predicted value throughout the appeal period, which does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation of 30 percent under Diagnostic Code 6600.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20080766
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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