Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection of sleep apnea as secondary to obesity and/or service-connected disabilities. The VA needs to provide a medical opinion on the relationship between these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is no formal nexus opinion linking the Veteran's military experience or service-connected disabilities to her sleep apnea, and thus remanded for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, obesity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25000003
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