The Veteran's headaches are granted service connection. The right eye condition, sleep apnea, gastrointestinal disability, bilateral knee disabilities, hypertension, and prostate condition are denied as not related to service or confirmed by medical evidence.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records were negative for any signs, symptoms, diagnoses, or treatments of the claimed conditions. There is no established continuity of symptomatology post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- Headaches, Right Eye Condition/Injury, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Gastrointestinal Disability, Right Knee Disability, Left Knee Disability, Hypertension, Prostate Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129402
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, left knee disability, and right knee disability. The claims for urinary frequency disability and residuals of a cholecystectomy were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension, to include as secondary to left orchiectomy, for further development in accordance with the PACT Act.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.
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