The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected right ankle disability and hypertension. The issues of a higher rating for the right ankle and pseudofolliculitis barbae remain remanded.
The deciding factor: Obstructive sleep apnea was found to be aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected right ankle disability and hypertension, meeting the criteria for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive sleep apnea, Degenerative joint disease of the right ankle, Pseudofolliculitis barbae
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19145937
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
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- Granted
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