The Veteran's sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the upper right extremity, lower left extremity, upper left extremity, and lower right extremity are all found to be due to his service-connected disabilities. The hypertension claim is denied as there is no current diagnosis of hypertension during the pendency of the claim or recent to its filing.,The Veteran's migraine headaches are determined to be related to his military service.
The deciding factor: For sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the upper right extremity, lower left extremity, upper left extremity, and lower right extremity, the Board found that these conditions were due to obesity caused by his service-connected disabilities. For hypertension, there was no current diagnosis during the pendency of the claim or recent to its filing.,For migraine headaches, a private physician provided an opinion stating that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not related to his fall in-service.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, Type II, peripheral neuropathy of the upper right extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the lower left extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the upper left extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the lower right extremity, hypertension, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2021
- Citation
- 21068080
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