The Veteran's respiratory conditions, including asthma and sleep apnea, are rated at 100 percent disabling from June 18, 2018.
The deciding factor: The severity of the overall disability warrants an elevation to the next higher evaluation due to the overall severity of the Veteran's asthma with symptoms of bronchitis and his OSA.
- Claimed conditions
- asthma with symptoms of bronchitis, epilepsy, high blood pressure (hypertension), kidney stones, renal disease, sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011586
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,874 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) and remanded the secondary service connection claims for GERD, hypertension, sleep apnea, gastritis, headaches, and fatigue as secondary to CAN.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's kidney stones and back disability are granted as service connected. The case is remanded for further development regarding the back disability.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of somatic symptom disorder. The effective date for the grant of service connection for sleep apnea (OSA) was set at February 4, 2020, and a rating in excess of 50 percent for OSA is denied.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment for the entire applicable appeal period.
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