The Board denied service connection for residuals of bronchitis as there is no current disability found, and the Veteran's lay testimony was insufficient to establish a current residual.
The deciding factor: There is no current disability of a residual of the prior in-service treatment for bronchitis.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24029983
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- Denied
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