Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, as the earliest possible date for entitlement to arise was October 4, 2023, which is when the Veteran's primary disabilities of chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis were granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the effective date cannot be earlier than the date of service connection for the primary disability from which the secondary disability was derived, which in this case is October 4, 2023.
- 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
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25085894
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