Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error that occurred prior to the rating decisions on appeal, necessitating addendum opinions from examiners of appropriate expertise.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25015838
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