Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter to obtain a medical opinion regarding the etiology of obstructive sleep apnea, specifically whether it was caused or aggravated by a service-connected psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to an inadequate private medical opinion that relied on insufficient evidence and failed to consider all relevant factors.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25099943
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