Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of September 21, 2010, for the grant of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) rated as 50 percent disabling but denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, and traumatic brain injury.
The deciding factor: The relevant service treatment records were not associated with the claims file until October 2014, which was after the denial in April 2013. The OSA claim remained pending due to new evidence within one year of the initial denial, leading to a later grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Diabetes Mellitus, Type II (DM), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095047
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