Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right hip disorder, left-hand disorder, respiratory disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The VA medical examinations and opinions were found inadequate due to various reasons including failure to address current symptomology, lack of supporting evidence, and need for further testing.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip disorder, left-hand disorder, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left-wrist disorder, respiratory disorder, obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096404
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