Granted
The Veteran's sleep apnea is granted service connection, effective October 2, 2024, as it is related to his service-connected GERD.
The deciding factor: It is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's sleep apnea is related to his GERD.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25084718
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