The Board remands the matter for an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's urinary frequency is caused or aggravated by his service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to provide adequate opinions on causation and aggravation of urinary frequency due to service-connected obstructive sleep apnea, as the May 2023 VA examiner did not address the medical literature abstracts submitted with the Veteran's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary frequency
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25026506
What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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