The Board has remanded the case for further examination and opinion regarding whether Prednisone used for service-connected bronchial asthma caused or aggravated sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide opinions on whether Prednisone use is etiologically related to weight gain/obesity, obesity's relation to sleep apnea, and the relationship between Prednisone use and/or aggravation of sleep apnea.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, bronchial asthma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1020287
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a direct service connection opinion and an adequate secondary service connection aggravation opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sinusitis, elbows condition, cervical condition, erectile dysfunction, kidney condition, sleep apnea, wrists condition, asthma, shoulders condition, ankles condition, eye condition (bilateral dry macular degeneration), peripheral vascular disease (heart condition), and rhinitis.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea is dismissed as the benefit sought has been granted, making the case moot.
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