Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is granted.,Service connection for headaches, secondary to service-connected generalized anxiety disorder with depression, is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's headaches disability is caused by his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder with depression.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Bronchitis, Paranasal Sinus Condition, Tachycardia, Paralysis Bilateral Feet Fall Asleep and Lower Back Nerve Damage, Obesity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20020146
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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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