Denied
The Board denied a higher initial disability rating for headaches and service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD with adjustment disorder, mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show characteristic prostrating attacks of headaches averaging one in two months over several months or that the sleep apnea was caused by the service-connected PTSD with adjustment disorder, mixed anxiety and depressed mood; rather, it was due to non-service-related obesity.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25106952
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