The Board granted service connection for a lung condition, to include pulmonary vasculature-lungs, sarcoidosis of lung with sarcoidosis of lymph nodes, mild obstructive lung disease, and multiple pulmonary masses/nodules with bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy.
The deciding factor: Resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor, his current lung condition is at least as likely as not related to active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary vasculature-lungs, sarcoidosis of lung with sarcoidosis of lymph nodes, mild obstructive lung disease, multiple pulmonary masses/nodules with bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25002587
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,188 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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