Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected plantar fasciitis and unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided a highly probative nexus between the Veteran's OSA and his service-connected conditions, while the VA opinions were minimally probative.
- 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 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25103911
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