Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including verifying specific dates of active duty, ACDUTRA, and INACDUTRA, obtaining private treatment records, and providing an addendum opinion.
The deciding factor: The July 2023 VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate due to missing exposure information and failure to consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding the onset of symptoms.
- 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
- A25012140
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