The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disability, including depressive disorder, is granted as service-connected.,Service connection for sleep apnea is granted as secondary to the service-connected acquired psychiatric disability (depressive disorder).,Service connection for a back disability is denied due to lack of evidence linking it to service.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's in-service incident involving military police led to his current depressive disorder, which is considered the primary cause of his sleep apnea.,There was no clear or continuous service connection established for the back disability. The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s complaints were not related to service.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Acquired psychiatric disability (including depressive disorder)","diagnosis_basis":"In-service incident involving military police"}, {"condition_name":"Obstructive sleep apnea","diagnosis_basis":"Service-connected acquired psychiatric disability (depressive disorder)"}, {"condition_name":"Back disability","diagnosis_basis":"No clear or continuous service connection established"}

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 26, 2019

Citation

19188673

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