The Veteran's sleep apnea disability is at least as likely as not caused by his service connected psychiatric, back, and lower extremity disabilities. The Board granted the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's sleep apnea was caused by his service-connected psychiatric, back, and lower extremity disabilities, thus granting the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, psychiatric disorder (adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood), back disability, lower extremity disabilities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2024
- Citation
- A24075141
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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.
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