The Board denied service connection for fibrosis of the lungs as there is no currently diagnosed respiratory disability apart from the Veteran's already service-connected chronic cough of unknown etiology.
The deciding factor: There is no currently diagnosed respiratory disability of fibrosis of the lungs or any other respiratory disability apart from his already service-connected chronic cough of an unknown etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- fibrosis of the lungs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2024
- Citation
- A24068486
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Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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