The Veteran's appeals for service connection for urticaria and sleep apnea syndrome have been withdrawn. The remaining issues of right foot plantar fasciitis, left foot plantar fasciitis, bilateral hearing loss disability, right knee patellofemoral syndrome, and left knee patellofemoral syndrome are being remanded for further review.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for urticaria and sleep apnea syndrome during the January 2020 Board hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- urticaria, sleep apnea syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20050590
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal of a proposed reduction in the Veteran's rating for urticaria because it was not an adjudicative decision that can be appealed to the Board.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea syndrome, frequent falls and unbalance, headaches, right shoulder disability, back disability, left hip disability, and left knee disability. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during service or were linked to service.,VA examinations and etiology opinions found no link between the Veteran's current diagnoses of sleep apnea syndrome and frequent falls and unbalance with his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea syndrome, finding that new and relevant evidence supports this determination. The Veteran's current diagnosis of sleep apnea is linked to his active duty service.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraines and sleep apnea syndrome are currently rated at the maximum schedular disability rating of 50 percent.,An earlier effective date of March 18, 2020, is granted for the grant of service connection for migraines.
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