Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of OSA, to include sleep-associated hypoxia with elevated PLMI/PLMD and use of CPAP therapy, secondary to service-connected PTSD, Parkinson's disease, and tinnitus, due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The evidence is insufficient to make a fully-informed decision on the issue as no clinician has provided a medical opinion adequately addressing whether the Veteran's OSA is secondary to his service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Sleep-associated hypoxia, Elevated periodic limb movement index/periodic limb movement disorder (PLMI/PLMD), Use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25100311
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