The claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea has been reopened due to the submission of new evidence. The left hip disability issue is being remanded as there are allegations of worsening since a previous examination.,Your right hip disability rating is being remanded because you have alleged significant worsening and underwent surgery since your last examination.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to the unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea. The Veteran's left hip disability issue requires a new examination due to allegations of recent worsening.,The right hip disability rating is being remanded because you have alleged significant worsening and underwent surgery since your last examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Left Hip Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2024
- Citation
- 24008609
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified insomnia disorder.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and heart disability, including coronary artery disease, as these conditions are found to be proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Neck Disability, and Bilateral Upper Extremity Radiculopathy. The decision is based on the Veteran's active service and medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
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