Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of sleep apnea to obtain a more detailed medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA examination was deemed inadequate due to insufficient rationale and did not address specific disability patterns, necessitating a new opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102067
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