The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder (psychiatric disability) and right knee injury residuals via obesity, finding that the Veteran's psychiatric and right knee disabilities caused or aggravated his obesity, which was a substantial factor in causing his OSA.
The deciding factor: The Board found evidence demonstrating that the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and right knee disability caused or aggravated his obesity, which was a substantial factor in causing his obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorder (psychiatric disability), Right knee injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2026
- Citation
- A26029954
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