The Board granted a 60 percent rating for residuals of lung cancer and denied a compensable rating for right lobectomy scars, while granting a separate 10 percent rating for painful right lobectomy scars.
The deciding factor: The FEV-1/FVC test results most accurately reflected the Veteran's level of disability for his lung cancer residuals, meeting criteria for a 60 percent rating. The evidence did not support a compensable rating for the right lobectomy scar based on area or painfulness alone.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of lung cancer, Right lobectomy scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25094944
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,680 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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