Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for hypothyroidism, diabetes type II, high blood pressure, insomnia disorder, and sleep apnea due to a duty to assist error and because these conditions may be secondary to the Veteran's already service-connected condition of hypothyroidism.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary to obtain outstanding private treatment records that could provide evidence of pre-service or in-service onset of the claimed conditions, as well as to ensure compliance with the duty to assist by obtaining additional medical opinions regarding secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- hypothyroidism, diabetes type II, high blood pressure, insomnia disorder, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25109304
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