I have a question that I need your help with. I was rated 0% in 2002 when I was medically retired under chapter 61 for sleep apnea and 40% for LBP and 30% Asthma. A year later I filed for an increase cause my symptoms came back after my uvulopalatopharyngoplasty surgery on AD, I was award 50% for sleep apnea( on CPAP). Last year I field a calim for my knee, then they told me that they had made an mistake and I could'nt get Asthma and sleep apnea rating!
So I found the below information and I wonder if it fits the bill for what I'm going thru? Does the10 year rule apply here? I asked for a hearing, but they been putting me off for over a year now.
A. Section 1159 of title 38, United States Code, and its implementing regulation, 38 C.F.R. § 3.957, protect a grant of service connection (unless the grant was based on fraud or military records clearly show that the person concerned did not have the requisite service or character of discharge) that has been in effect for ten years or longer, as computed from the effective date of the establishment of service connection. Those provisions protect even service connection erroneously and recently granted, but with an effective date more than ten years before the date of the decision establishing service connection. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may not sever such a grant of service connection (in the absence of fraud or lack of requisite service or character of discharge).
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SGT K
Hello fellow Veterans!
I have a question that I need your help with. I was rated 0% in 2002 when I was medically retired under chapter 61 for sleep apnea and 40% for LBP and 30% Asthma. A year later I filed for an increase cause my symptoms came back after my uvulopalatopharyngoplasty surgery on AD, I was award 50% for sleep apnea( on CPAP). Last year I field a calim for my knee, then they told me that they had made an mistake and I could'nt get Asthma and sleep apnea rating!
So I found the below information and I wonder if it fits the bill for what I'm going thru? Does the10 year rule apply here? I asked for a hearing, but they been putting me off for over a year now.
A. Section 1159 of title 38, United States Code, and its implementing regulation, 38 C.F.R. § 3.957, protect a grant of service connection (unless the grant was based on fraud or military records clearly show that the person concerned did not have the requisite service or character of discharge) that has been in effect for ten years or longer, as computed from the effective date of the establishment of service connection. Those provisions protect even service connection erroneously and recently granted, but with an effective date more than ten years before the date of the decision establishing service connection. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may not sever such a grant of service connection (in the absence of fraud or lack of requisite service or character of discharge).
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