The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for asthma from August 23, 2021 to May 14, 2022.
The deciding factor: The FEV-1/FVC result was 70 percent, which meets the criteria for a 30 percent rating under DC 6602.
- Claimed conditions
- Asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110351
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 931 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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