The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is caused or aggravated by his service-connected sarcoidosis with sleep apnea.,The Veteran's loss of balance, fatigue, and weakness are caused or aggravated by his service-connected sarcoidosis with sleep apnea.,The Veteran's headaches were not incurred in or due to service. They are not related to an undiagnosed illness as a result of service in the Southwest Asia Theater during the Persian Gulf War, nor are they due to any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The weight of the competent and credible evidence demonstrates that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was either caused or aggravated by his service-connected sarcoidosis with sleep apnea.,The competent and credible evidence demonstrates that the Veteran's loss of balance, fatigue, and weakness were either caused or aggravated by his service-connected sarcoidosis with sleep apnea.,Headaches were not incurred in or due to service. They are not related to an undiagnosed illness as a result of service in the Southwest Asia Theater during the Persian Gulf War, nor are they due to any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, loss of balance, fatigue and weakness, headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1215672
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