The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are granted. However, the Board has determined that sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, and right knee disability were not incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show an in-service event or a chronic disease manifestation sufficient to identify the disease entity during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot sprain, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, right knee disability, left hand arthritis, right hand arthritis, polymyositis, right foot disability, left foot disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2018
- Citation
- 18142676
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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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