The Board granted an effective date of August 26, 2009, for the award of service connection for unspecified mental disorder due to another medical condition and denied service connection for sleep apnea. The Board also granted disability ratings of 60 percent for Lyme disease with chronic fatigue syndrome, nausea, vertigo and bilateral dry eye syndrome from August 26, 2009, to June 20, 2019, and 30 percent for headaches from the same period.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's unspecified mental disorder due to another medical condition was reasonably raised during the adjudication of a claim for an increased rating for Lyme disease. The evidence did not support a finding that sleep apnea was related to service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified mental disorder due to another medical condition, sleep apnea, Lyme disease with chronic fatigue syndrome, nausea, vertigo and bilateral dry eye syndrome, headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24073315
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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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