Tuberculosis decisions — 2009

The veteran's appeal for service connection for left leg/ankle swelling was withdrawn. The remaining claims were denied as there is no medical evidence of a causal link between the claimed conditions and any incident of service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for pulmonary tuberculosis, completely arrested with mixed, mild obstructive and restrictive physiology.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and a positive tuberculosis test, but granted service connection for a heart murmur after finding that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim.

The Board denied service connection for the cause of the veteran's death as there was no credible evidence linking advanced pulmonary tuberculosis to his military service.

The Board determined that the veteran's causes of death, senility with pulmonary tuberculosis, were not manifested during his period of active service or within the applicable statutory period of presumptive service connection and were not otherwise shown to be related to military service or a disability of service origin.