The Veteran's asthma, which was service-connected on December 18, 2006, is now rated at 60 percent from that date. The decision also denied the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to incarceration.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's asthma has been consistently treated and required daily inhalation or oral bronchodilator therapy and intermittent courses of systemic corticosteroids since December 18, 2006. The evidence did not show more severe symptoms warranting a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Asthma, Seizures, Schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2023
- Citation
- A23030852
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