Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection, an earlier effective date, and increased rating for psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the aggravation theory.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary to obtain a medical opinion addressing whether OSA is aggravated by service-connected tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106356
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