The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea, secondary to PTSD, due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error and to obtain additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The May 2023 VA opinion is inadequate as it does not adequately address the Veteran's individual circumstances regarding the relationship between his PTSD and obstructive sleep apnea. An addendum opinion is required to properly assess whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25085330
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