The Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disability, headaches, and sleep apnea have been denied as secondary to Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL).,The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a mood disorder (claimed as depression) has also been denied as secondary to VHL.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for a respiratory disability and headaches were previously denied, but new evidence was submitted that raises the possibility of reopening these claims.
The deciding factor: The Board found no causal relationship between the claimed conditions and service. The VA examiners did not provide sufficient rationale to support their conclusions.,The Veteran's claim for a mood disorder (claimed as depression) has been denied as secondary to VHL, based on lack of evidence supporting such a connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL), Heart disability, Respiratory disability, Mood disorder (claimed as depression), Headaches, Sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2016
- Citation
- 1629497
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