The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with recurrent major depressive disorder, but remanded the claim for migraine headaches due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is secondary to his service-connected PTSD with recurrent major depressive disorder. However, there was insufficient evidence to determine if the Veteran's migraine headaches are related to his service-connected condition due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25052137
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
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