The claim for service connection for sleep apnea is reopened and granted. The claims for severance of service connection for IVDS, related radiculopathies, and erectile dysfunction are also granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted showing that the Veteran's sleep apnea may be linked to his in-service rhabdomyolysis, which could have caused or exacerbated his current conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Sleep apnea, IVDS (intervertebral disc syndrome), radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, raticulopathy of the right lower extremity, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19164951
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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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