Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for left knee replacement, Raynaud's syndrome, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea but granted service connection for Bell's palsy as secondary to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in relative equipoise regarding the Veteran's Bell's palsy being secondary to his service-connected left eyebrow residual scar of sebaceous cyst removal. Other conditions were denied due to lack of evidence linking them to service or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee replacement, Raynaud's syndrome, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, Bell's palsy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085156
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