Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hypothyroidism.
The deciding factor: The evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's OSA is caused by his service-connected PTSD and service-connected hypothyroidism, with a May 2025 private opinion providing significant probative weight in favor of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25103502
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