Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a VA medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's sleep apnea was aggravated by his service-connected PTSD personal trauma with alcohol use disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to address the possibility of aggravation, which is required for a complete evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25096924
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