The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for reactive airway disease due to a lack of evidence showing he currently has this condition.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that there is no current diagnosis of reactive airway disease and the Veteran did not meet the criteria for establishing service connection as required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- reactive airway disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25029084
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 60 percent for the service-connected reactive airway disease, but no higher. The appeal regarding entitlement to an earlier effective date was dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for reactive airway disease as the Veteran's symptoms did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable diagnostic code.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected reactive airway disease.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and remanded several other claims, including those for a mental health condition, left shoulder disability, costochondritis, reactive airway disease, and hypertension. The claim for lumbosacral strain to include herniated disc was dismissed.
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