The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities and denied an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea, while remanding the claim for service connection for prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea did not meet the criteria for a higher rating as it required the use of a CPAP machine but did not result in chronic respiratory failure or cor pulmonale. The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing and maintaining a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, prostate cancer (claimed secondary to service-connected disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25102716
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