The Veteran's claims for stress, asbestos exposure, and psoriasis have been denied. The Veteran has hypertension, gout, obstructive sleep apnea, and headaches that need to be evaluated further.,The Veteran is not entitled to increased evaluations for his service-connected right and left ankle disabilities due to the lack of non-weight-bearing testing in the VA examination report.

The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current disability associated with stress, asbestos exposure, or psoriasis during the appeal period.,The Veteran's hypertension, gout, obstructive sleep apnea, and headaches need to be evaluated further as they may have been caused by his military service.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Stress","status":"Denied"}, {"condition_name":"Asbestos Exposure","status":"Denied"}, {"condition_name":"Psoriasis","status":"Max Evaluation Assigned (60%)"}, {"condition_name":"Hypertension","status":"Remanded"}, {"condition_name":"Gout","status":"Remanded"}, {"condition_name":"Obstructive Sleep Apnea","status":"Remanded"}, {"condition_name":"Headaches","status":"Remanded (inextricably intertwined with sleep apnea)"}, {"condition_name":"Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Knee","status":"Remanded"}, {"condition_name":"Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Knee","status":"Remanded"}

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

June 3, 2019

Citation

19142454