The Board remands the claims for service connection for sinusitis/rhinitis and obstructive sleep apnea as additional development is needed.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to a duty to assist error, including an inadequate VA examination and unclear toxic exposure records.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis/rhinitis, obstructive sleep apnea (sleep apnea)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039724
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of sinusitis/rhinitis to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing the relationship between the Veteran's condition and her service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sinusitis/rhinitis due to incomplete records and a need for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of service connection for sleep apnea to ensure a complete record and due process, specifically requesting an examination that considers all applicable military deployments and TERAs.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's current sleep apnea had its onset in service.
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