Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and dismissed the appeal concerning service connection for restricted lung disease with bronchitis (now also claimed as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)).
The deciding factor: Service connection for asthma was granted based on a positive medical opinion linking it to herbicide exposure during service in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma, restricted lung disease with bronchitis (now also claimed as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD))
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010663
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