The Board granted service connection for maxillary sinusitis and remanded the claims for a neck condition, left knee pain, and left shoulder arthritis for readjudication. The claim for a nodule on lung was dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's maxillary sinusitis was incurred in or caused by active-duty service, while the other conditions were not.
- Claimed conditions
- neck condition (C2-C3 fusion with C3-T1 facet joint disc bulging and stenosis), maxillary sinusitis, left knee pain, left shoulder arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017284
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 835 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
The claims for service connection for hypertension, back pain, right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, and left knee pain have been readjudicated. The claim for sleep apnea has also been readjudicated.,Service connection has been granted for a neck condition, back pain, right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, left knee pain, an acquired psychiatric disorder, bruxism, and vertigo.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected maxillary sinusitis and allergies, finding a causal relationship between these conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and dismissed all other appeals related to various joint conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused by and/or aggravated by his service-connected maxillary sinusitis, resulting in a grant of service connection for OSA as secondary to the service-connected condition.
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