The Board granted service connection for Meniere's disease, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and depressive disorder. The claims for gout, back condition, COPD, and hernia were denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a favorable private medical opinion that linked the conditions to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. For the other conditions, there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease to which a competent medical opinion could relate the claimed disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Meniere's disease, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, gout, back condition, COPD, hernia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2023
- Citation
- 23001092
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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