The Board granted service connection for obesity hypoventilation syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hypoxemia, and pulmonary hypertension as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder with depressive disorder unspecified. The issues of entitlement to service connection for a respiratory disability, a sleep disability, and a heart disability were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's obesity served as an intermediate step between his service-connected PTSD and the claimed disabilities, granting service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Obesity hypoventilation syndrome, Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Hypoxemia, Pulmonary hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2024
- Citation
- 24032380
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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