Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a 60 percent disability rating from September 12, 2022, for hiatal hernia with GERD. The appeal was denied for hypertension.
The deciding factor: Service connection for OSA is warranted due to its relationship with the Veteran's service-connected conditions; however, there is no evidence of a link between hypertension and service or any other service-connected condition, so it is not granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Hypertension, Hiatal Hernia with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021468
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