Partly grantedPACT Act
The Board granted an earlier effective date for service connection of OSA under the PACT Act, but remanded the issue of entitlement to an earlier effective date separate from the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: The January 2024 VA medical opinion attributed current OSA to exposure during deployments, which is covered by the PACT Act's presumption of service connection for certain diseases associated with exposure to toxic hazards in Southwest Asia.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093559
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