Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, obstructive and central sleep apnea, and migraine headaches due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors regarding the theories of service connection, including aggravation and secondary service connection via obesity as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, obstructive and central sleep apnea, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096765
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