The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for tension headaches is denied.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension, CAD and OSA are remanded due to lack of evidence addressing whether these conditions are secondary to his service-connected disabilities or environmental exposure.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) is remanded due to lack of evidence addressing whether this condition is secondary to his service-connected disabilities or environmental exposure.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is remanded due to lack of evidence addressing whether this condition is secondary to his service-connected disabilities or environmental exposure.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is remanded due to lack of evidence addressing whether this condition is secondary to his service-connected disabilities or environmental exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no legal basis for an earlier effective date as the Veteran filed his service connection claim on October 1, 2014.,The claims are remanded because there is insufficient evidence regarding whether the conditions are secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities or environmental exposure.,The claims are remanded because there is insufficient evidence regarding whether coronary artery disease (CAD) is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities or environmental exposure.,The claims are remanded because there is insufficient evidence regarding whether obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities or environmental exposure.,The claims are remanded because there is insufficient evidence regarding whether an acquired psychiatric disorder is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities or environmental exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Tension headaches, Hypertension, Coronary artery disease (CAD), Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19192515
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