The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a 70 percent rating, effective May 4, 2007, for the Veteran's service-connected mental disorders. The decision also found that the severity of the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated the level required for a 70 percent disability rating.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran’s symptoms caused occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, such as work, school, family relations, judgment, thinking, or mood, which is consistent with a 70 percent disability rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive sleep apnea, Depression, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Bipolar disorder, Other service-connected mental disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2020
- Citation
- 20007822
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
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