The Board granted service connection for a calcified granuloma, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The calcified granuloma was found to result from an in-service bronchial infection, and the Board applied an extremely favorable application of law and facts.
- Claimed conditions
- calcified granuloma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25005561
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,836 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted the appeal, awarding an earlier effective date of August 10, 2022, for the grant of service connection for a calcified granuloma based on the PACT Act.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a gynecological disability (claimed as dysfunctional uterus syndrome), calcified granuloma, asthma, an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as PTSD), and lumbosacral and left ankle disabilities. These claims are being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions in light of potential toxic exposure from service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral lung disorder and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for an adequate medical opinion regarding his respiratory disability, other than asthma. The issues are inextricably intertwined.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical opinions regarding the cause of the Veteran's COPD and calcified granuloma, specifically whether it is related to his in-service exposure to asbestos as an electrician's mate aboard the U.S.S. Hunley.
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