Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for central sleep apnea to obtain an addendum opinion regarding its etiology and whether it was aggravated by service-connected tinnitus.
The deciding factor: The September 2023 VA examiner's opinion did not address both causation and aggravation independently, as required by legal precedent.
- Claimed conditions
- central sleep apnea (CSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25094963
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