Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an adequate VA examination and opinion, including nexus opinions on a direct and secondary basis.
The deciding factor: The September 2022 VA examination was found inadequate as it did not address all aspects required by law for a secondary service connection claim via obesity as an intermediate step and did not provide a direct service connection opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009506
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