Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion from Dr. S.U., which considered weight gain as an intermediate step and linked OSA to multiple service-connected conditions, provided a more probative basis for granting the claim than the VA opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25085852
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