The Board has denied service connection for Huntington's disease, headaches claimed as secondary to PTSD, and sleep apnea claimed as secondary to PTSD. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions began during service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence is persuasively against a finding that Huntington's disease, headaches, and sleep apnea are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Huntington's disease, headaches (claimed as secondary to PTSD), sleep apnea (claimed as secondary to PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24066582
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- Remanded (sent back)
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