The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative arthritis of the back, right knee degenerative arthritis, and right ankle deltoid ligament sprain.
The deciding factor: Resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, the evidence is in relative equipoise on the question of whether the Veteran's sleep apnea was caused by his service-connected degenerative arthritis of the back, right knee degenerative arthritis, and right ankle deltoid ligament sprain, to include obesity as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099357
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