Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for COPD, dismissed the appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection for COPD as moot, and denied service connection for a pulmonary nodule.
The deciding factor: The probative medical evidence did not support an increased rating or service connection for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pulmonary Nodule
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098758
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