Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date and proper assignment of a combined rating of 90 percent as of March 3, 2020.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 rating decision properly assigned a 90 percent combined rating based on the Combined Ratings Table, and the effective date was correctly set to March 3, 2020, upon receipt of the Veteran's formal application for service connection for OSA.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105982
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