The Veteran's low back condition is related to his active service.,The Veteran has OSA that is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected GERD.,The Veteran has adjustment disorder and cognitive disorder that are proximately due to or the result of his service-connected GERD.,The right hip condition is remanded for further examination.
The deciding factor: Competent, credible, and probative evidence establishes a link between the low back condition and active service.,Competent, credible, and probative evidence establishes that OSA is proximately due to or the result of GERD.,Competent, credible, and probative evidence establishes that adjustment disorder and cognitive disorder are proximately due to or the result of GERD.,The right hip condition has not been adequately evaluated in the current examination.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), adjustment disorder and cognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19115640
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,104 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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