Service connection granted for tinnitus. Service connection denied for supine obstructive sleep apnea.,Effective dates earlier than March 23, 2016 and November 8, 2016 for service connection of lumbar strain and pseudofolliculitis barbae are denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence is evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's tinnitus had its onset during active duty service. The evidence persuasively weighs against finding that the Veteran's supine obstructive sleep apnea had its onset during active duty service or is otherwise related to any injury or disease incurred during active duty service.,The evidence persuasively weighs against finding that the Veteran filed a formal or informal claim for service connection for back disability prior to March 23, 2015 or that he filed a formal claim from March 23, 2015 through March 22, 2016. The evidence persuasively weighs against finding that the Veteran filed a formal or informal claim for service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae prior to March 23, 2015 or that he filed a formal claim from March 23, 2015 through November 7, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, supine obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2023
- Citation
- 23004264
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- Granted
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