The veteran's service-connected sleep disorder, now diagnosed as central sleep apnea, warrants a staged rating of 10 percent prior to March 31, 2003 and 50 percent from that date.
The deciding factor: Persistent daytime hypersomnolence was not objectively shown prior to March 31, 2003 but the central sleep apnea has required use of a CPAP machine from that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Central Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0631361
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