Granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and bilateral tinnitus due to an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is proximately due to his service-connected disabilities of PTSD and tinnitus, leading to a grant based on the benefit-of-the-doubt rule.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25097861
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