The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea. The Board also found in favor of granting service connection for sleep apnea, finding it reasonable to conclude that the surgery did not resolve the Veteran's sleep apnea and he has suffered from this disability since its onset in service.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's sleep apnea was incurred in service. The Board found that the Veteran's current diagnosis of sleep apnea is related to his in-service condition, despite the surgery not being effective and the Veteran continuing to experience symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1025566
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a direct service connection opinion and an adequate secondary service connection aggravation opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sinusitis, elbows condition, cervical condition, erectile dysfunction, kidney condition, sleep apnea, wrists condition, asthma, shoulders condition, ankles condition, eye condition (bilateral dry macular degeneration), peripheral vascular disease (heart condition), and rhinitis.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea is dismissed as the benefit sought has been granted, making the case moot.
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