Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, index and long finger impairment on right hand, ring finger impairment on right hand, little finger impairment on right hand, right heel calcaneal spur, left hip osteoarthritis, left knee degenerative joint disease, right knee degenerative joint disease, and left ankle degenerative arthritis.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence to be in approximate equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current obstructive sleep apnea is proximately due to his service-connected disabilities, and resolved all reasonable doubt 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
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25111136
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