Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not providing adequate medical opinions addressing whether the Veteran's obesity, acting as an intermediary step due to any of his service-connected disabilities, resulted in the development of OSA and/or hypertension.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining new medical opinions addressing whether the Veteran's obesity, resulting from his service-connected disabilities, acted as an intermediary step leading to the development of OSA and/or hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095163
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