INSTRUCTIONS
This requires your opinion in addition to the supporting evidence. Please add your own opinion and review the following examples of supporting evidence.
-Cites Medical Literature with an explanation on how the literature applies to the veteran.
-Rules out any other possible etiologies.
-Discusses continuity and chronicity of the condition.
MEDICAL OPINION 1 OF 1) PLEASE COMPLETE SECTION THREE AND STATE WHETHER THE VETERAN’S MEDICAL RECORDS SUPPORT THAT ANY CURRENTLY DIAGNOSED CONDITION(S) RELATED TO THE VETERAN’S CLAIMED SLEEP APNEA, IS/ARE AT LEAST AS LIKELY AS NOT (LIKELIHOOD IS AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY BALANCED OR NEARLY EQUAL, IF NOT HIGHER) INCURRED IN OR CAUSED BY THE COMPLAINT OF SLEEP APNEA DURING SERVICE.
