Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as it requires an adequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected insomnia and his OSA.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically the failure to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing the theory of entitlement that the Veteran's service-connected insomnia caused or aggravated his obesity, which in turn led to his obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011697
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