Granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is nearly balanced as to whether it is related to the Veteran's service or his service-connected other specified trauma and stressor related disorder.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion from Dr. P.C. was found to be competent, credible, and probative, while the VA examiner's opinion did not provide a sufficient basis for denying service connection due to lack of evidence supporting a nexus between the current diagnosis and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091850
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