The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea syndrome was not shown to have manifested during service and is not attributable to service. The Board denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a chronic disease or injury in service, and the current disability is not linked to any event, injury, occurrence, exposure or circumstance while in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19100287
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Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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