The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and GERD due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions provided were found inadequate as they did not address the specific directives of the previous remand, including whether symptoms reported by the Veteran or witnesses in statements or Board hearing testimony were early manifestations of sleep apnea, and whether the Veteran's GERD was related to his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25012864
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