The appeal to reopen a claim for service connection for esophageal cancer is granted. The claims of entitlement to service connection for esophageal cancer and sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD are remanded.
The deciding factor: The April 2018 VA examiner's opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran’s esophageal cancer was unclear, and additional clarification is needed. For the claim of service connection for esophageal cancer, the Board finds that the preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune played any part in his development of esophageal cancer. The claim of service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD is remanded due to insufficient nexus opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- esophageal cancer, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19161439
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