The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 29, 2018, for service connection of sleep apnea with asthma and a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of sleep apnea with asthma were present at the time he filed his Intent to File on August 29, 2018, which is earlier than the March 24, 2020, effective date previously assigned.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea with asthma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033677
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Decisions by this judge: 833 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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