Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hidradenitis suppurativa and sleep apnea due to inadequate examinations and a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinions were found to be inadequate as they did not consider obesity as an intermediate step or whether the Veteran's service-connected conditions caused his obesity, which is necessary for determining secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hidradenitis suppurativa, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015655
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