The Board has determined that the veteran's PTSD is service-connected, but his sleep apnea is not. The PTSD claim was granted based on a verified in-service stressor, while the sleep apnea claim was denied due to lack of evidence linking it to service.
The deciding factor: The veteran provided credible supporting evidence for the occurrence of an in-service stressor related to PTSD and medical evidence linked his current PTSD symptoms to this event. For sleep apnea, there is no competent medical evidence showing its onset during service or being etiologically related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0618406
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Decisions by this judge: 1,175 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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