The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disability in-service or within one year of separation and no evidence linking the current condition to an event, injury, or disease incurred during active duty.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's sleep apnea was not shown to have been incurred in service, or to be due to, etiologically related to, or aggravated by any event, injury, or disease incurred in service, and there was no evidence of a causal relationship between the claimed in-service disease and the current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25002222
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