The Veteran's request to reopen a claim for service connection of a right shoulder disability is granted. The issue of service connection for a left shoulder disability is denied.,Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is granted, with the opinion that it is at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected disabilities (CAD and diabetes mellitus).,The Veteran's request to reopen a claim for service connection of an eye disability is denied. The evidence does not support the presence of any current eye disability.,Service connection for hypertension is denied, with no competent evidence of a diagnosed condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise that the Veteran’s obstructive sleep apnea is caused by his service-connected disabilities (CAD and diabetes mellitus).,There is no competent evidence of a diagnosed eye disability.,There is no competent evidence of hypertension or persistent/recurrent symptoms associated with hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Disability, Left Shoulder Disability, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Eye Disability, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19125775
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Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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- Granted
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