Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on a secondary basis, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused her obesity, which was a substantial factor in causing her currently diagnosed OSA, and that the OSA would not have occurred but for the obesity caused by her service-connected disabilities.
- 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 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25107727
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