Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension secondary to the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea, based on a private examiner's opinion that OSA had caused the Veteran's hypertension.
The deciding factor: The April 2021 private examination provided competent and adequate evidence linking the Veteran's hypertension to his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea, granting the benefit of the doubt where there was an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding the merits of the issue.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008807
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