The Veteran's sleep apnea is granted as secondary to his service-connected adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. High cholesterol is not a compensable disability for VA purposes. The Veteran's Meniere’s syndrome, characterized by severe vertigo occurring more than once weekly, is granted at 100%.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's sleep apnea was aggravated by his service-connected anxiety disorder and thus secondary to it.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, high cholesterol, Meniere’s syndrome
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19104338
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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