Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The January 2025 private examiners provided well-reasoned medical explanations linking the Veteran's OSA to his PTSD with obesity as an intermediate step, while the July 2024 VA examiner did not address the aggravation element of secondary service connection for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020949
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