Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 7, 2019, for the grant of service connection for pulmonary nodule and chronic cough but denied a compensable disability rating for the same condition. The claim for service connection for lesions on lungs was remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's post-bronchodilator FEV-1/FVC test results, which did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary nodule, chronic cough, lesions on lungs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25102653
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