Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of sleep apnea as secondary to tinnitus is remanded. The Board needs more information from a medical expert.
The deciding factor: The Board found the initial medical opinion inadequate because it did not address both causation and aggravation in the context of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25004395
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