The Veteran's service-connected PTSD is found to have aggravated his obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which has been granted as secondary to the service-connected PTSD. The remaining issues are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted on a secondary basis due to aggravation of OSA by service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, hypertension (HTN), lung disorder to include asthma, emphysema, and pulmonary embolism (claimed as blood clots), skin disability (claimed as a skin cancer), blood clots in the bilateral legs, chronic kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20021812
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