Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative arthritis, thoracolumbar strain, status post bulging disc and facet hypertrophy.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in approximate equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's current obstructive sleep apnea is proximately due to his service-connected thoracolumbar strain, leading to a grant of service connection with the benefit of the doubt.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25094222
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