Granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, with obesity acting as an intermediary.
The deciding factor: The March 2023 private medical opinion established that the Veteran's sleep apnea was proximately due to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, with obesity acting as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020854
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