Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to GAD alone from September 27, 2022, but denied an earlier effective date for the award of a 70 percent rating for GAD.
The deciding factor: The persuasive evidence weighed in favor of the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea and TDIU due to his service-connected GAD alone from September 27, 2022, but an earlier effective date was not warranted as the increase in disability was factually ascertainable only on October 07, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094133
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