Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a rating in excess of 10 percent disabling for tinnitus was dismissed, while the claims for service connection for intestinal polyps, headaches, an earlier effective date for hearing loss, and ratings higher than 10 percent for bilateral sensorineural hearing loss were denied. The Board also remanded several other claims including hypertension, psychiatric disability, TBI, and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for OSA and tinnitus, and the evidence did not support service connection or earlier effective dates for the remaining conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, intestinal polyps, headaches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087853
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