The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, carpal tunnel syndrome, sleep apnea, and hypocalcemia was granted. The effective date for the grant of service connection for a gynecological disability was set at December 4, 2001, and for the grant of service connection for hypoparathyroidism at August 25, 1998.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were granted based on evidence showing her conditions are related to her active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, thick tongue, cervical tunnel syndrome, hypocalcemia, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- August 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1032693
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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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