The Veteran's service connection for a back disability is granted as it is at least in part caused or aggravated by his service-connected residuals of status post right knee medial meniscectomy.,Service connection for skin cancer and sleep apnea are remanded due to insufficient medical evidence addressing the relationship between these conditions and service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's degenerative arthritis of the spine is found to be at least in part caused or aggravated by his service-connected residuals of status post right knee medial meniscectomy, as supported by a private medical opinion.,Medical opinions are needed regarding whether the Veteran's skin cancer and sleep apnea are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the spine, Skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma), Sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23053750
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for sleep apnea and acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) due to insufficient evidence of record. The Veteran is required to undergo VA examinations to determine if his conditions are related to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral pes planus with hammer toes, hallux valgus and degenerative arthritis, sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and bilateral kidney cysts, rendered him unable to secure or follow gainful employment. The Board granted the TDIU based on these conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine, right knee degenerative arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis, right ankle degenerative arthritis, and left ankle degenerative arthritis.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the claims for psychiatric disability and sleep apnea.,Service connection was granted for right lower extremity radiculopathy and left lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to a service-connected back disability, but denied for right wrist disability.
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