Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, but remanded claims for back, left knee, left hip, and left ankle disabilities.
The deciding factor: The private examiner provided a positive nexus opinion relating the Veteran's sleep apnea to her service-connected disabilities, satisfying all three prongs of a secondary service connection claim. However, additional evidence is needed on remand to address pre-decisional errors for other claims.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability, left knee disability, left hip disability, left ankle disability, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25099788
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