The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea had its onset during service and is granted.,New and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for asthma, which will be decided on the merits.,Right (dominant) elbow arthritis, lateral epicondylitis, and tricep tendonitis are found to have their onset in service.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea had its onset during his military service and has been recurrent since then.,The new and material evidence includes testimony from the Veteran and his wife, corroborating medical records indicating a history of asthma and exercise-induced asthma. The Board finds this sufficient to reopen the claim.,The Veteran testified that he experienced right elbow pain while on active duty, which was diagnosed as tricep tendonitis, lateral epicondylitis, and elbow osteoarthritis in service.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, asthma (claimed as exercised induced asthma, bronchitis, and reactive airway disease), right (dominant) elbow arthritis, lateral epicondylitis, and tricep tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22036584
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