The Veteran's OSA is granted as secondary to his service-connected major depressive disorder with anxious distress, ADHD, and alcohol use disorder by history. His evaluation for major depressive disorder remains at 70 percent disabling but effective from April 28, 2025.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran's current OSA being proximately due to his service-connected mental health conditions (major depressive disorder with anxious distress, ADHD, and alcohol use disorder by history).
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Major Depressive Disorder with Anxious Distress, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Alcohol Use Disorder by History
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 22, 2026
- Citation
- A26006193
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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