The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric condition.
The deciding factor: The private physician determined that it is more likely than not the Veteran's OSA condition is related to his service-connected psychiatric disability, and this finding was supported by medical literature and the Veteran's symptoms and medications contributing to weight gain and obesity which caused OSA.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25044348
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of July 9, 2020 for the grant of service connection for sleep apnea (OSA), but no earlier.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection for various conditions, including lumbosacral strain, tinnitus, right knee disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease, bilateral hearing loss, sciatica and lumbar radiculopathy, sleep apnea, and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.
- Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn his appeal for service connection for sleep apnea (OSA), and the Board has dismissed this issue.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea (OSA) and denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while dismissing appeals for service connection for limitation of motion of the ankle, hypertension, tinnitus, and insomnia.
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