The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for scarring of the right lower extremity, nasal disability, and sleep disability (to include sleep apnea) as they are not related to his active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that the current conditions began during or are otherwise related to the Veteran's active service.
- Claimed conditions
- scarring of the right lower extremity, nasal disability, sleep disability (to include sleep apnea)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23055216
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