The Board granted the reopening of a claim for service connection for a sleep disorder, to include obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety. The right knee disability rating and TDIU claims were remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuaded against the Veteran's claim for a psychiatric disorder due to its lack of direct or secondary relationship to service, while new and material evidence was found sufficient to reopen the sleep disorder claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety, Sleep disorder, to include obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25008777
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 910 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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