The Veteran's service-connected unspecified sleep-wake disorder is rated as noncompensable due to its symptoms not interfering with occupational and social functioning or requiring continuous medication.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show that the Veteran’s symptoms are severe enough to interfere with his occupational and social functioning, nor do they require continuous medication.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified sleep-wake disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20004015
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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