The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic pulmonary embolism is remanded due to a failure to obtain an opinion on secondary service connection prior to adjudication.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not obtain an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current condition was caused or aggravated by his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea, which he raised as a theory of entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic pulmonary embolism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24073677
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 766 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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