The Board grants service connection for obstructive sleep apnea disability, finding a relationship to the Veteran's active service.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted based on the evidence supporting a link between the Veteran's current obstructive sleep apnea and his in-service toxic exposure risk activity (TERA).
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25040484
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 696 · Granted: 63% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea, and eye disability are dismissed as the conditions have already been granted in a previous rating decision.
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