The Veteran's appeal regarding an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 50 percent rating for sleep apnea has been withdrawn.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for PVCs was denied as no new and material evidence had been received since his last denial in December 2009. The earliest application to reopen the claim was filed on October 26, 2010.,Service connection for hypertension has been granted as secondary to service-connected sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding an earlier effective date for the assignment of a 50 percent rating for sleep apnea at a hearing on appeal. The Board denied reopening the claim for PVCs due to lack of new and material evidence since the last denial in December 2009, with the earliest application filed on October 26, 2010.,The Veteran's hypertension is secondary to his service-connected sleep apnea as evidenced by a VA examination report. The examiner concluded that it is at least as likely as not that the hypertension is secondary to the sleep apnea.
- Claimed conditions
- Sleep Apnea, Multifocal Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs), Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2017
- Citation
- 1754578
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