Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus Type 2 and sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinions provided by Dr. J.A. established a relationship between the Veteran's current conditions and his service-connected PTSD, with obesity as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus Type 2, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25101074
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