Granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 18, 2017, for the grant of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for insomnia can be reasonably construed as a claim for sleep disturbances, generally, to include OSA, and the earliest possible effective date is the date the Veteran's intent to file was received, which is January 18, 2017.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103304
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