The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and restored a 20 percent rating for generalized anxiety disorder, while denying service connection for hypersomnia and respiratory disorders. The Board also granted increased ratings for migraines and left and right knee strains.
The deciding factor: Obstructive sleep apnea was proximately caused by the Veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder; however, there was no evidence of a current disability to support service connection for hypersomnia or respiratory disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized anxiety disorder, hypersomnia disorder, left knee strain with limitation of extension, left knee strain with painful motion, migraines, obstructive sleep apnea, respiratory disorder, right knee strain with limitation of extension, right knee strain with painful motion
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25030275
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 916 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Denied
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- Denied
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