Granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it is aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided more weight to the evidence and concluded that the Veteran's sleep apnea was more likely than not aggravated by her anxiety disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020295
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