Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is granted, and a 60% rating is granted for rheumatoid arthritis from April 29, 2002.,A 100% rating for rheumatoid arthritis is granted as of March 13, 2015.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea was found to be related to her service-connected disabilities, specifically chronic fatigue syndrome and asthma. The VA examiner opined that the Veteran’s currently diagnosed OSA was more likely than not aggravated by these conditions.,For rheumatoid arthritis, the evidence showed multiple flare-ups with anemia, meeting the criteria for a 60% rating from April 29, 2002 to March 13, 2015. After September 2016, the Veteran's condition was found to cause constitutional manifestations causing total incapacitation.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Rheumatoid Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19176886
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Decisions by this judge: 1,549 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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