Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection of hypertension and PTSD. It dismissed claims for earlier effective dates for ratings of hemorrhoids, lumbosacral strain, hearing loss, and sciatic radiculopathy. The Board also denied higher ratings for these conditions and remanded the claims for service connection for diabetes and sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The Board based its decisions on the criteria not being met for earlier effective dates or higher ratings, and the presence of new and relevant evidence for readjudication of certain claims.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension (HTN), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with non-rapid eye movement sleep arousal disorder, hemorrhoids, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, bilateral hearing loss, right lower extremity (RLE) sciatic radiculopathy, bilateral hand disorder, to include degenerative joint disease (DJD), type II diabetes mellitus (DM), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), bilateral knee disorder, to include DJD
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003222
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