The Board has granted a 100 percent schedular rating for the service-connected persistent asthma and eosinophilic asthma from October 8, 2019, to January 5, 2021.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's asthma required daily use of systemic high dose corticosteroids since prior to October 8, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- persistent asthma, eosinophilic asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23048537
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