Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of diabetes as secondary to sleep apnea due to an inadequate medical opinion.
The deciding factor: An adequate opinion considering all theories of entitlement was not provided, specifically regarding secondary aggravation and causation by service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25107389
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