The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations and service connection, as well as an earlier effective date for a tinnitus rating. The issues of organic brain syndrome, hypertension (secondary to sleep apnea), anxiety disorder (secondary to organic brain syndrome), and residuals of fracture of the right femur are all in appellate status.
The deciding factor: The veteran's spondylosis of the lumbosacral spine was rated as 10 percent disabling based on slight limitation of motion, without evidence of degenerative disc disease or significant neurological deficits. The other issues were not addressed due to lack of service connection theory provided by the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- spondylosis of the lumbosacral spine, anxiety disorder (claimed as secondary to service-connected organic brain syndrome), hypertension (claimed as secondary to service-connected sleep apnea)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0503926
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What this means for you
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