Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and his active service or any of his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence did not establish that the Veteran's sleep apnea began during service or was otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease. The examiner opined that the most likely cause of the Veteran's OSA is anatomical factors such as a Mallampati score of 4 and obesity.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25013319
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