Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, as it finds that the AOJ's pre-decisional duty-to-assist error in failing to provide an adequate medical opinion requires correction.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to inadequate VA medical opinions and failure to consider obesity as a potential intermediary between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and her current obstructive sleep apnea.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098540
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