Granted
The Board granted an effective date of August 5, 2021, for the grant of service connection for asthma.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was filed within one year of the effective date of the change in law allowing presumptive service connection for asthma due to exposure to fine particulate matter in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094637
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