The Veteran's asthma began during his active duty service.,The Veteran’s sleep apnea is proximately due to and aggravated beyond its natural progression by his service-connected asthma and allergic rhinitis.
The deciding factor: Service connection granted for asthma, sleep apnea secondary to asthma and allergic rhinitis, and the Veteran's current diagnoses of thyroid nodules and subclinical hypothyroidism are not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss, asthma, sleep apnea, hypercholesterolemia, throat condition, thyroid condition, diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19163862
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