Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and cervical spine disorder, finding no evidence of a relationship between these conditions and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence did not support a finding that the veteran's current conditions were related to his active-duty service due to the lack of in-service symptoms or objective medical evidence linking the disorders to service.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, cervical spine disorder (degenerative disc disease and spondylosis at C5-C6 and C6-C7)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25087312
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