The Veteran's asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, and posttraumatic headaches have been granted service connection. The Veteran is also granted an initial rating of 10 percent for his posttraumatic headaches. However, the Veteran's right and left knee disabilities are not rated higher than 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, and posttraumatic headaches were found to have onset during service or be related thereto. The right and left knee disabilities did not meet criteria for a higher rating based on limitation of motion alone.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, posttraumatic headaches, right knee limitation of motion, left knee limitation of motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20021552
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