Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of sleep apnea as secondary to hypertension. A new medical opinion is required.
The deciding factor: The previous medical opinion used an outdated standard for determining causation.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25006609
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