Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected COPD with lung cancer and chronic hypoxic respiratory failure, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in approximate balance that the Veteran's sleep apnea was worsened by his service-connected COPD with lung cancer and chronic hypoxic respiratory failure, as supported by a medical opinion from C.K., RN-BSN.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25003864
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