Granted
The Board granted secondary service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance that it is related to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The June 2021 private medical opinion provided high probative weight as it directly linked the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea to his service-connected knee conditions through a chain of causation involving weight gain and chronic pain, supported by multiple studies.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008842
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