Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea on a secondary basis, finding that the Veteran's OSA is caused by his service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The positive medical opinions submitted by the Veteran support this basis of service connection, specifically noting a bidirectional relationship between his psychiatric disturbance and his sleep apnea where each substantially aggravates the other.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25092982
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