Partly granted
The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea does not warrant a rating higher than 50 percent, but he is granted TDIU from February 18, 2019, and SMC under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s) from November 21, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's anxiety disorder alone renders him unemployable, and he has additional service-connected disabilities that combine to at least 60 percent disabling when considered separately from the TDIU based on his anxiety symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Unspecified Anxiety Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25086009
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