Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to correct a duty to assist error regarding an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The March 2023 VA medical opinions are found to be inadequate as they did not provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's sleep apnea was aggravated by his service-connected PTSD, and lacked sufficient rationale and consideration of the Veteran's lay statements.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009393
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