Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, right shoulder disability, and neck disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to a failure to obtain opinions addressing whether the Veteran's thoracolumbar DDD aggravated his sleep apnea or caused his right shoulder and neck disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, right shoulder disability, neck disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25102568
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