The Veteran's appeals for service connection and reopening of claims have been dismissed due to withdrawal. The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for sleep apnea, but service connection is not granted as there is no evidence of a current disability or link to service. The right elbow and generalized arthritis claims are also reopened, with the right elbow finding in favor of reopening and denial of service connection due to lack of a current disability. Generalized arthritis of the arms claim is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal for chronic pain disorder and high cholesterol application to reopen. New and material evidence was received for sleep apnea, but no current disability or link to service has been established. The right elbow disability claim was reopened, with new evidence showing arthritis of the right elbow, but service connection is denied as there is no current disability. Generalized arthritis of the arms claim is denied due to lack of a current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic pain disorder, high cholesterol (application to reopen), sleep apnea (application to reopen), right elbow disability (application to reopen), generalized arthritis of the arms
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2016
- Citation
- 1613053
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