A fungal infection that may affect the lungs and cause cough, fever, and breathing difficulty.
Medical records documenting the course of your blastomycosis are central to showing where your condition falls in the rating formula. For the 100% level, records showing persistent fever, documented weight loss, night sweats, or massive hemoptysis help establish that rating. Temperature logs, laboratory results, imaging, and pulmonologist or infectious disease notes that describe the severity and duration of these symptoms are all relevant.
For the 50% level, records showing that a provider has prescribed suppressive antifungal therapy on a long-term basis, along with notes describing minimal symptoms such as occasional minor hemoptysis or productive cough, support that rating. Pharmacy records or treatment plans confirming ongoing medication use can help here.
For the 30% level, records showing minimal symptoms without a requirement for suppressive therapy are relevant. For any active rating, your own statements describing how symptoms such as coughing, bleeding, fever, or fatigue affect your daily activities and ability to work can help paint a full picture of your condition alongside the clinical findings.
Conditions that are often caused or made worse by this one. If you have any of these, they may be claimable as secondary service connection.
