Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension as secondary to PTSD, as well as the claim for a higher initial rating for right knee disability and TDIU prior to May 10, 2022.
The deciding factor: The opinions regarding obesity's causation or aggravation by PTSD are inadequate, necessitating new examinations. The ameliorative effects of medication must be discounted in evaluating the severity of the right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Diabetes Mellitus, Type II, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25014817
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