The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, finding that new and relevant evidence did not support readjudication of these claims. The TDIU claim was also denied as the Veteran's single service-connected condition (hiatal hernia) did not render him unemployable.
The deciding factor: The Board found no new and relevant evidence to support readjudicating the service connection claims, and determined that the Veteran's hiatal hernia with gastroesophageal reflux disease alone was not shown to prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- chest injury, diabetes mellitus type II (claimed as due to herbicide exposure), erectile dysfunction (ED) (also claimed as impotent), gout, heart murmur, residuals of rheumatic fever (claimed as a heart condition), hypertension (claimed as high blood pressure), kidney disease, lumbar spine degenerative arthritis (also claimed as arthritis, inflammation, narrowing of the spine, and bulging discs), seizures, sleep apnea, symptomatic bradycardia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2024
- Citation
- A24084441
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a direct service connection opinion and an adequate secondary service connection aggravation opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for asthma and remanded claims for insomnia and sleep apnea. Other conditions were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including sinusitis, elbows condition, cervical condition, erectile dysfunction, kidney condition, sleep apnea, wrists condition, asthma, shoulders condition, ankles condition, eye condition (bilateral dry macular degeneration), peripheral vascular disease (heart condition), and rhinitis.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea is dismissed as the benefit sought has been granted, making the case moot.
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