The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the March 2025 rating decision on appeal.
The deciding factor: The May 2024 and October 2024 VA opinions addressing the requirements of secondary service connection are inadequate, as they fail to address whether the Veteran's service-connected conditions aggravate his obstructive sleep apnea. Additionally, an adequate opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is not on record.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098367
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