The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with AUD and TBI, denied an initial rating of 100 percent for PTSD with AUD in early remission and TBI, and granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from October 2021.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively showed that the Veteran's OSA was caused by his service-connected PTSD with AUD and TBI. However, there was not enough evidence to show that his PTSD with AUD currently in remission and TBI manifested with total occupational and social impairment or that he had been unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment since October 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100789
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