Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a new medical opinion addressing the causation and aggravation elements related to the Veteran's service-connected heart, psychiatric, and pes planus disabilities.
The deciding factor: The October 2025 VA medical opinion was found inadequate due to its failure to properly address the obesity-intermediate step theory and the specific lay statements and prior examination findings relevant to each of the claimed secondary conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25014977
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