Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for service-connected chronic bronchitis because the required symptoms were not met. The veteran can file a Supplemental Claim if symptoms worsen.
The deciding factor: The diagnostic PFT from February 2024 did not show results necessary for the award of a compensable rating, with FEV-1 and FEV-1/FVC results both over 80 percent predicted.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25002163
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