The Board has granted the Veteran's appeals to reopen service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and TBI, but denied service connection for right and left ankle disorders.,Service connection was not established for any of the conditions due to lack of evidence showing a nexus to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new evidence did not establish a medical nexus between the current diagnoses of obstructive sleep apnea and traumatic brain injury, and the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The right and left ankle disorders were denied as there was no current diagnosis.,The weight of the evidence showed that the current conditions did not have their onset during service or were caused by the service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Right Ankle Disorder, Left Ankle Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22028129
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