Denied
The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the disability and either in-service events or the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not persuasively establish that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea had its onset in service or was caused by his service-connected lumbosacral strain, with obesity as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25019070
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