Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection of sleep apnea as secondary to service-connected tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, and/or other specified trauma and stressor related disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to obtain outstanding treatment records from the Vet Center in Dearborn, Michigan, and did not obtain a new or addendum medical opinion addressing secondary aggravation of sleep apnea by service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009040
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