The Board has determined that the Veteran's sleep disorder and gastrointestinal disability are related to service, with no indication of aggravation by his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found a current diagnosis of sleep apnea and GERD in service and linked these diagnoses to service based on continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- Sleep Disorder (including Sleep Apnea), Gastrointestinal Disability (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2014
- Citation
- 1450133
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What this means for you
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