Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the service connection claims for headaches, sleep apnea, left knee disability, and left foot plantar fasciitis due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The examinations provided were found inadequate as they did not address all necessary theories of service connection or contained speculative opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches, sleep apnea, left knee disability, left foot plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25092690
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