The Board has determined that the veteran's sleep apnea is related to his service-connected left nasal septum deviation, which resulted from an inservice broken nose. Service connection for a cervical spine disorder was denied as there is no evidence of such condition during service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's sleep apnea was not related to service due to lack of evidence of a nasal fracture in service, while his left nasal septum deviation is considered service-connected. The cervical spine disorder was also denied as there is no evidence of such condition during service.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, cervical spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0640278
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