The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, but granted it for atrial fibrillation. The proposed severance of service connection for hypertensive heart disease with congestive heart failure was dismissed.,Service connection for atrial fibrillation is granted based on its being proximately due to a service-connected disability (hypertension). Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of direct service connection for OSA, but granted it as secondary to hypertension. The proposed severance was dismissed because the issue had not yet been addressed at the time of the NOD.,For atrial fibrillation, the Board considered the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents and found that while ischemic heart disease is presumptively related to Agent Orange, atrial fibrillation is not. The Board granted secondary service connection based on hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), atriial fibrillation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24019384
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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