Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected insomnia associated with tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The June 2023 private examiner's opinion established a medical basis for finding that psychiatric disorders (particularly insomnia) can be causally linked to sleep apnea, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105655
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