The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including headaches, neck disorder, knee disorders, hip disorders, foot disorders, hypertension, heart disorder, stroke residuals, hiatal hernia, sleep apnea, and gastrointestinal disorder. The Board found that the Veteran did not have these conditions during or after his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was that the Veteran did not have any of the claimed conditions, either due to lack of diagnosis in service or post-service records, or because they were not related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, neck disorder, left knee disorder, right knee disorder, left hip disorder, right hip disorder, left foot disorder (pes planus), right foot disorder (pes planus), hypertension, heart disorder, residuals of a stroke, hiatal hernia, obstructive sleep apnea, gastrointestinal disorder (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22061202
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that there is no competent evidence to support a finding that his current condition began in or as a result of service.
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