The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypertension, but dismissed the appeal for service connection for foot pain and denied an initial compensable rating for hypertension.

The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a private medical opinion linking the Veteran's sleep apnea to his service-connected hypertension. The appeal for foot pain was withdrawn by the Veteran, and there was insufficient evidence to support a higher rating for hypertension.

Claimed conditions

sleep apnea, foot pain, hypertension

How they argued it

Secondary to another service-connected condition

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

0%

Decision date

February 27, 2025

Citation

A25018000

Want to see how appeals like this one tend to go? Appeals like mine