The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for a dental disability is dismissed as the service-connected condition was severed in a November 2021 rating decision.,The Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for OSA has been granted. The matter is dismissed as there is no further jurisdiction over this claim.,Service connection for dizziness or vertigo is granted, with the Board finding that it is secondary to his service-connected sinus disability and resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.,The claims for fatigue and throat disabilities are remanded due to a failure to obtain TERA examinations as required by the PACT Act.,Service connection for DM and HTN are remanded due to a failure to provide an adequate opinion on whether these conditions are secondary to service-connected psychiatric and/or frontal bone mass disabilities.,The claim for memory disability is remanded due to a failure to provide an adequate opinion on whether this condition is aggravated by service-connected psychiatric and/or frontal bone mass disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's dental disability was severed in a November 2021 rating decision, making the claim moot.,The RO granted service connection for OSA in June 2021, which is considered a full grant of the benefit sought on appeal and thus not further jurisdictional to adjudicate.,Service connection for dizziness or vertigo was granted as secondary to his service-connected sinus disability, with all doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.,The claims for fatigue and throat disabilities require TERA examinations due to the PACT Act's requirements for toxic exposure cases.,Service connection for DM and HTN requires an opinion on whether these conditions are secondary to service-connected psychiatric and/or frontal bone mass disabilities.,The claim for memory disability requires an opinion on whether this condition is aggravated by service-connected psychiatric and/or frontal bone mass disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- dizziness, fatigue, throat disability, memory disability, diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), hypertension (HTN)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2024
- Citation
- A24019674
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the AOJ did not obtain all necessary opinions regarding whether the Veteran's symptoms are related to an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (MUCMI). The claims for service connection for fatigue, fibromyalgia, left elbow disorder, right elbow disorder, and sleep disorder are remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that additional VA opinions are needed to address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's dizziness, including benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, and tension headaches, including migraines. The opinions should consider the Veteran's participation in a TERA and the combined effect of all his service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for treatment purposes only under Chapter 17 for various conditions, including cervical spine condition, right upper extremity nerve condition, left upper extremity nerve condition, headache condition, right wrist condition, left wrist condition, right elbow condition, left elbow condition, right shoulder condition, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), bilateral pes planus, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder, and left knee disorder.
- Denied
The Veteran's dizziness condition is rated at a 10 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 6204, as the evidence does not show occasional staggering. The Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.
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