The Veteran's claims for service connection for fatigue, a sleep disorder, and tinnitus have been denied. The claim seeking to reopen the hepatitis C service connection has also been denied.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus was not granted due to lack of evidence showing entitlement prior to October 31, 2013.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's fatigue and sleep disorder are not shown to be related to service or his service-connected PTSD. The claim for service connection for these conditions is denied.,Tinnitus was rated at the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent, as there were no exceptional circumstances warranting referral for extraschedular consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis C, Fatigue, Sleep Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19171647
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied a compensable initial rating for Hepatitis C, finding that the Veteran's condition was asymptomatic and did not meet the criteria for any higher rating.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's Hepatitis C with cirrhosis is related to service, and therefore grants service connection for these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, and the Board has determined that a higher rating of 100 percent is not warranted.,Service connection for a back disability, fatigue, and sleep apnea are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for OSA as secondary to his service-connected restrictive lung disease has been granted.,The issue of entitlement to service connection for fatigue is being remanded.
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