The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is granted as secondary to his service-connected asthma. Other conditions are denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection for OSA was granted as it is proximately due to or aggravated by the service-connected asthma with sinusitis and allergic rhinitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Fatigue (undiagnosed), Skin Disability of Hives or Urticaria, Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, Dupuytren's Contracture of the Left Hand, Left Arm Disability, Right Arm Disability, Right Leg Disability, Left Leg Disability, Lung or Respiratory Disability (COPD), Headache
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20000874
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- Granted
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