The Board granted an effective date of January 28, 2023, for the grant of service connection for chronic bronchitis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was reviewed under a liberalizing law that established presumptive service connection for breathing problems due to Persian Gulf War exposures, and benefits cannot be awarded back to the date of that law but can be granted from one year prior to the claim date.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25047233
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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