The Veteran's right knee degenerative joint disease and obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and TMJ disorder are service-connected. The Veteran is granted initial ratings of 10 percent for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The criteria for the assigned ratings were met based on the severity of the Veteran's symptoms as documented in medical records throughout the claims period.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Knee, Right Hip Bursitis with History of Fracture, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Hypertension, Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 15, 2016
- Citation
- 1610244
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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
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected left knee and left ankle conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified insomnia disorder.
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