Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his OSA was caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes and diabetic neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The favorable private opinion from Dr. K.G., supported by extensive treatise evidence, outweighed the negative VA opinion, leading to a grant of service connection for OSA on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25003544
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