Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a positive nexus opinion from a private physician, despite conflicting VA examiner opinions, applying the benefit-of-the-doubt rule.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25110109
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