The Board has granted service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea as secondary to service-connected disabilities, and remanded the issues of service connection for Meniere's syndrome and Left shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: Obstructive Sleep Apnea was found to be related to weight gain caused by service-connected disabilities (lumbosacral strain, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the right knee, left knee strain).
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Meniere's syndrome (also claimed as dizziness), Left shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2023
- Citation
- 23060994
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- Denied
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