The Board has granted service connection for chronic pneumonia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bronchitis. However, it denied service connection for tremor disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's claimed pneumonia is aggravated beyond its natural progression by his service-connected chronic bronchitis.
- Claimed conditions
- tremor disability, chronic pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2022
- Citation
- 22034039
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection for chronic pneumonia and increased rating for major depression have been granted. The Veteran's sinus headaches are not rated higher than the current 30 percent evaluation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a respiratory disability and tremor disability, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between these conditions and his active duty service or any service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a tremor disability, finding that there was no evidence of onset during or within one year after service and no medical nexus linking the condition to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic pneumonia, and COPD due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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