Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is proximately caused or aggravated by his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder, with obesity as an intermediate step.
The deciding factor: The AOJ failed in its statutory duty to assist when it provided the Veteran with and relied upon an incomplete/insufficient VA medical opinion prior to the decision on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25105749
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