The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability. The appeal is remanded for additional development on several other issues, including an earlier effective date for coronary artery disease and a TDIU.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the opinion that the Veteran’s obstructive sleep apnea was caused by his service-connected psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, coronary artery disease / ischemic heart disease (coronary artery disease), headaches, other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with secondary alcohol dependence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- December 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18160938
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that there is no competent evidence to support a finding that his current condition began in or as a result of service.
- Denied
The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as there is no current diagnosis of this condition during the appeal period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
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