Rosacea is granted as service connected. Hemorrhoids are not rated compensably.,Undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness related to Southwest Asia theater of operations is remanded for further examination and opinion.,Left and right knee conditions, right elbow injury, and right shoulder condition are all remanded for additional medical opinions.,Sleep apnea is remanded for an addendum opinion regarding its onset during service or relation to in-service sleep complaints.,Residuals of traumatic brain injury are also remanded for an addendum opinion.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's rosacea began during his active service and the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether it is related to service. Service connection granted.,The Veteran’s hemorrhoids were no worse than moderate throughout the relevant period, not warranting a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7336.,Undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness must be remanded for further examination and opinion as to whether it is related to service in Southwest Asia theater of operations.,Left and right knee conditions, right elbow injury, and right shoulder condition are all remanded for additional medical opinions regarding their etiology.,Sleep apnea must be remanded for an addendum opinion regarding its onset during service or relation to in-service sleep complaints.,Residuals of traumatic brain injury must be remanded for an addendum opinion regarding whether they are related to the Veteran's documented head injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- rosacea, hemorrhoids, sleep apnea, right elbow injury, right shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19128002
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