Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for pneumonia to obtain relevant medical records and a VA opinion on secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The examination was inadequate because it did not account for all instances of recurrent pneumonia reported by the Veteran, and there was no VA opinion addressing whether the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea or asthma caused or aggravated his pneumonia.
- Claimed conditions
- pneumonia, lung damage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25016066
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