Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including as secondary to a service-connected psychiatric disability. The Veteran's representative will receive additional documentation and an addendum opinion addressing the relationship between OSA and the psychiatric disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional errors, including obtaining an addendum opinion that addresses concerns about the relationship between OSA and psychiatric disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), depressive disorder due to chronic pain with major depressive like episode
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25007030
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