The Board remands the claim for a direct service connection opinion and an adequate secondary service connection aggravation opinion.
The deciding factor: The April 2024 opinions were found inadequate as they did not adequately consider the Veteran's lay statements of in-service apneic episodes and did not provide a clear rationale connecting the Veteran's credible statements to his sleep apnea. The examiner's determination regarding which regulatory standards to apply was also deemed inappropriate.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25111394
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