The Veteran's sleep apnea with insomnia is found to have begun during service and granted service connection.,There is no evidence of recurrent corneal erosions or corneal opacities in service, and the claim for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records did not show a diagnosis of OSA in service. The Veteran's first evidence of sleep apnea was in November 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- Sleep apnea with insomnia, Bilateral recurrent corneal erosion (previously including dry eye syndrome), Corneal opacities, Bilateral dry eye syndrome, Bilateral glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 21, 2021
- Citation
- 21003384
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