Granted
The Veteran's claims for neck pain and chest pain with breathing difficulty have been granted.,The Veteran's claim for sleep apnea has been granted, as secondary to his service-connected depression/anxiety.
The deciding factor: New evidence provided a nexus between the Veteran’s current diagnoses of cervical spondylosis and chest wall muscle strain and his service-connected depression/anxiety.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"neck pain","claimed_conditions":["neck pain","chest pain with breathing difficulty"]}, {"condition_name":"sleep apnea","claimed_conditions":["sleep apnea"]}, {"condition_name":"bilateral knee disorder","claimed_conditions":["bilateral knee disorder"]}, {"condition_name":"bilateral hearing loss","claimed_conditions":["bilateral hearing loss"]}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19131768
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.
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