Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and his OSA.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary because the current medical evidence does not adequately address whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea was proximately caused by or aggravated by his service-connected GERD, as required for a secondary service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25109350
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