Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea, to include as secondary to PTSD for further development and a medical opinion.
The deciding factor: Further medical opinions are needed to address direct and secondary service connection theories due to lack of evidence in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012009
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