Granted
The Board granted an initial disability rating of 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's condition required a CPAP machine and had been aggravated by his service-connected chronic allergic rhinitis.
The deciding factor: The October 2024 VA examiner opined that the current severity of the obstructive sleep apnea is greater than the baseline established prior to aggravation by the service-connected allergic rhinitis, warranting a 50 percent rating under DC 6847.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090702
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