Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 10 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected cough and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for hyperacusis/periodic inner ear pain.
The deciding factor: The FEV-1/FVC results met the criteria for a 10 percent rating, but there was no evidence supporting a higher rating. The Board also found that an addendum opinion was necessary regarding the Veteran's claimed ear disability due to potential undiagnosed illness or MUCMI.
- Claimed conditions
- cough, hyperacusis/periodic inner ear pain (ear disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25108869
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