The Veteran's sleep apnea is found to be caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.,Peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, right upper extremity, left lower extremity, and right lower extremity are all found to be due to herbicide exposure during active duty.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's sleep apnea and his service-connected PTSD, as well as a link between peripheral neuropathy and herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"sleep apnea"}, {"condition_name":"peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity"}, {"condition_name":"peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity"}, {"condition_name":"peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity"}, {"condition_name":"peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity"}
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2019
- Citation
- A19002255
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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