The Veteran's service-connected residuals of injury to the nose with deviated septum is found to aggravate his current sleep apnea, which was previously denied. The Veteran's other claims for service connection are granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner acknowledged that the Veteran's service-connected residuals of injury to the nose with deviated septum can cause or aggravate sleep apnea based on medical literature and the Veteran's history of sleeping difficulty since his service.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of peripheral vision, Cervical spine disability, Right shoulder disability, Left shoulder disability, Disability manifested by sleep disturbance (including sleep apnea), Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1802909
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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