Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain a VA addendum opinion regarding whether the condition is secondary to service-connected disabilities, including obesity as an intermediate step.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not developing the theory that sleep apnea may be secondary to service-connected disabilities with obesity as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25102999
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