The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and finds that new and material evidence has been received to support this claim. The Veteran's current diagnosis of OSA is found to have its onset during his active service, and there is sufficient medical opinion linking it to service. Service connection for hypertension is granted as well.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the submitted evidence was new and material, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of entitlement to service connection for OSA. The Veteran's current diagnosis of OSA is found to have its onset during his active service, and there is sufficient medical opinion linking it to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2017
- Citation
- 1702659
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What this means for you
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