Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than June 21, 2018, for the award of a 50 percent rating for COPD with sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The increase in severity to a 50 percent level did not precede the filing of the claim and occurred after the already-assigned effective date of June 21, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010402
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