The Board has determined that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is at least as likely as not related to active duty service, and thus grants the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran reported symptoms consistent with obstructive sleep apnea during service, which he was scheduled to have a sleep study for but was discharged prior. The current diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea is in equipoise with the opinion that it is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19195004
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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.
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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