The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities, due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The December 2020 VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate because it did not address direct service connection and failed to consider whether the Veteran's limited ability to exercise and other mobility limitations resulting from his service-connected disabilities caused or aggravated his obesity, which is a potential intermediate step in establishing secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25018968
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