A fungal infection that may affect the lungs and cause cough, fever, and breathing problems.
Medical records documenting your symptoms and treatment history are central to establishing the level of your condition. For the 100% level, records showing persistent fever, documented weight loss, recurring night sweats, or episodes of massive hemoptysis support that rating. Temperature logs, weight measurements over time, and provider notes describing symptom frequency and severity are all relevant.
For the 50% level, pharmacy records or physician notes confirming that suppressive therapy is prescribed and ongoing, combined with records showing only occasional minor hemoptysis or productive cough, help establish that rating. For the 30% level, clinical notes describing those same minimal symptoms without any suppressive therapy on record would be relevant.
For the 0% level, imaging studies such as chest X-rays or CT scans showing healed, inactive lesions and provider statements confirming you are asymptomatic support that finding. At any level, your own statements and statements from people who know you describing how symptoms such as coughing, sweating, or fatigue affect your daily activities and ability to work can also be relevant to the overall picture.
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.
