The Veteran's service-connected Type II diabetes mellitus is found to be the cause of his obstructive sleep apnea, and therefore he is granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted as the evidence shows that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is secondary to his service-connected Type II diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Type II diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy, onychomycosis, tinea pedis, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Acne of the face, nose, and posterior chest, Folliculitis, Rhinophyma, Bilateral hearing loss, Prostate cancer residuals with voiding dysfunction, urinary frequency, and incontinence, Proctitis with fecal incontinence, Lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease with L4-5 laminectomy and fusion residuals, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Left lower extremity radiculopathy, Right shoulder arthritis, Tinnitus, Transient ischemic attacks, Lumbar spine surgical scar residuals, Right fifth metacarpal fracture residuals, Maxillary sinusitis, Post-operative hemorrhoidectomy residuals, Erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2015
- Citation
- 1507069
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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.
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- Denied
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