The Veteran's asthma was granted service connection, and his obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to asthma is also granted. The Board remanded the issue of calcified bodies of both lungs for further development.
The deciding factor: Service connection for asthma was established based on evidence showing it had onset during or was caused by active service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, asthma, obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20069233
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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