Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's unspecified insomnia disorder, and remanded the claims for vertigo, an intestinal condition, a bladder condition, and GERD.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in approximate balance regarding whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is secondary to his service-connected unspecified insomnia disorder with obesity as an intermediate step. The Board applied the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, vertigo, intestinal condition (diverticulosis and irritable bowel syndrome), bladder condition (urinary frequency and voiding dysfunction), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25086255
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