Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and a 20 percent rating for fibromyalgia, while denying service connection for bilateral hearing loss and initial ratings for essential tremor of the right and left hands, as well as chronic fatigue syndrome. The appeal for dermatosis was dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence supported a secondary relationship between sleep apnea and PTSD, but not for other conditions like hearing loss or tremors.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatosis, sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, essential tremor (right hand), essential tremor (left hand), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088760
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