The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's pelvic bone disability and remanded the issue of service connection for a sleep disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's pelvic bone disability is caused by an in-service injury, while the sleep disability may be related to service but requires further examination to determine its etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- Pelvic bone disability, Sleep disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20000044
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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