Granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle strain and bilateral foot pain with bone spurs and sleep disturbance.
The deciding factor: The Board found Dr. C.B.'s opinion at least as probative as the VA examiner's, which supported a causal relationship between the Veteran's sleep apnea and his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020716
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