The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to the service-connected cervical spine disability and denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea. The claim for an earlier effective date for PTSD was withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported a causal relationship between the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine disability and current headache pain, but there was no in-service respiratory injury or disease related to obstructive sleep apnea.
- Claimed conditions
- Headaches, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Right Hip Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2024
- Citation
- 24000593
What this means for you
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