The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a chronic UARS disability during her active duty service and finds no evidence of such a condition in Reserve service. Therefore, she is denied service connection for UARS.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing a current UARS disability or any chronic respiratory disability related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2014
- Citation
- 1443766
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- Granted
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