Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is granted. The reduction of rating for left L4 5 microdiscectomy scar residuals from 10 percent to noncompensable, effective May 5, 2016, was improper and the 10 percent rating is restored.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that OSA is related to the service-connected PTSD with depressive disorder and other disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18136852
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