The Veteran's sleep apnea, anxiety disorder, right shoulder disability, and left shoulder disability are all granted as service-connected.,Service connection for hypertension is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding its onset during or within one year after service.
The deciding factor: For the conditions granted (sleep apnea, anxiety disorder, right shoulder disability, and left shoulder disability), the Board found that there was sufficient medical evidence to support a finding of in-service onset or continuity of symptomatology.,Service connection for hypertension is remanded because the Veteran's post-service diagnosis of hypertension predates his service by several years. The Board requested an updated VA examination to determine if he now has essential hypertension and, if so, whether it first manifested during service.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, anxiety disorder, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2021
- Citation
- 21004338
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