Subparagraph (ii) is an alternative to the 70% degree of incapacity test. Prior to November 1978, veterans who suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis were automatically eligible for pension at 100% of the general rate, notwithstanding that their actual degree of incapacity might have been less than that rate. Legislation introduced in 1982 preserved their eligibility to pension at that rate provided that pension had been granted before November 1978.