The Board denied service connection for OSA, finding that the Veteran's disability is not etiologically related to his active service.,The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine disability, finding that the Veteran's disability is not etiologically related to his active service.,The Board denied service connection for spondylotic myelopathy, finding that it is not due to his active service.
The deciding factor: There was no diagnosis of OSA in the records between the end of the Veteran’s active service and the January 2014 VA Sleep Polysomnography Report.,The Board found there was no documented injury or event during active service that caused the cervical spine conditions, including a rollover accident in 2008 while preparing for deployment to Iraq.,There is no diagnosis of spondylotic myelopathy in the records between the end of the Veteran’s active service and the September 2012 VA treatment record.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Cervical spine disability, Spondylotic myelopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20078706
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