The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the July 2023 rating decision on appeal.
The deciding factor: The opinion is inadequate because it does not reflect any meaningful consideration or even mention of the Veteran's SWA exposures vis-�-vis the medical or scientific evidence and, although the opinion indicates that other factors are more likely 'contributing factors,' it does not identify with any specificity those factors or indicate that the Veteran's OSA is clearly related to another etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016549
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