Granted
The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected pleurisy, finding that the symptoms produced moderate impairment of the thoracic muscle group.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's intermittent severe sharp and dull achy chest pain was found to produce no more than moderate impairment under analogous Code 5321, warranting a 10 percent rating but no higher.
- Claimed conditions
- Pleurisy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091046
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