The Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea, allergic rhinitis, cataracts, hearing loss, and diabetes mellitus are granted. The effective date for the grant of service connection for cataracts is February 23, 2015.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for these conditions as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, allergic rhinitis, cataracts, hearing loss, diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19104494
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection for bilateral pes planus, obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to a duty to assist error.
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