Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for high cholesterol and remanded claims for sleep apnea, gout, and hypertension. The claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for brain hematoma was granted.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the lack of evidence showing that high cholesterol causes impairment of earning capacity or additional disability, while the brain hematoma was found to be an event not reasonably foreseeable from a VA-administered COVID-19 vaccination.
- Claimed conditions
- High cholesterol, Brain hematoma, Sleep apnea, Gout, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25102952
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