The Veteran's service-connected CAD is granted as secondary to OSA, and his diabetes mellitus type II has an earlier effective date. The Veteran also received a grant of service connection for chronic renal disease with an earlier effective date, but the TDIU claim from January 6, 2021, is moot.
The deciding factor: The decision granted service connection for OSA as secondary to CAD and assigned a 10 percent rating for CAD. The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II received an earlier effective date. Service connection was also granted for chronic renal disease with an earlier effective date of January 23, 2018. However, the TDIU claim from January 6, 2021, is moot due to the Veteran having a psychiatric disorder rated as 100 percent disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Colon Condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2023
- Citation
- A23031733
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