The Board has granted service connection for CIDP and assigned a rating of 30 percent, effective from the date of separation. The claim for an increased rating for sleep apnea remains denied. The issue of TDIU is also addressed.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established on the basis that CIDP manifested within one year of service discharge, qualifying under presumptive provisions. Sleep apnea did not manifest to a degree warranting a higher rating based on current criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculopathy (CIDP)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2009
- Citation
- 0917205
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