Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hand osteoarthritis and remanded the claim for a lung condition (lung spot) for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral hand osteoarthritis is related to his active military service, while the evidence of record does not provide sufficient information to determine whether the Veteran's lung spot is caused or aggravated by his service-connected asthma.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand osteoarthritis, lung spot (benign lung granulomas/calcified hilar lymph node)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089780
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