Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including as secondary to service-connected bilateral plantar fasciitis, psychiatric disorder, and right shoulder disability. The Board found errors in the duty to assist and the application of the correct standard for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board remanded because a VA examination failed to address whether OSA was aggravated by service-connected disabilities and did not apply the correct standard for secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), bilateral plantar fasciitis, psychiatric disorder, right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001050
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