Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder and an earlier effective date of April 15, 2022, for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's OSA was found to be caused by his PTSD with obesity as an intermediate step. The evidence also supported the earlier effective date claim based on the Veteran's intent to file a claim in April 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093242
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