Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of sleep apnea due to allergic rhinitis is remanded. The VA needs to provide a complete medical opinion on whether the sleep apnea was aggravated by the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The March 2022 VA examination was incomplete as it did not address both causation and aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25000443
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