Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left ankle condition and bilateral hearing loss due to acoustic trauma from noise exposure in service.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion and lay statements supported a nexus between the Veteran's obesity, caused by his service-connected disabilities, and OSA. For the hearing loss, the Board found that the evidence was in equipoise supporting a connection to service despite the VA examiner's opinion against it.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Bilateral Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085115
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