Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea, secondary to a service-connected back condition, is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence to be in approximate equipoise and resolved doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine with herniated nucleus pulposus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25006974
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