Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an addendum opinion to address the theories of entitlement based on obesity as an intermediate step between OSA and service-connected PTSD and femur disability.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion is incomplete or not wholly adequate as it did not sufficiently address a theory of entitlement based on obesity as an intermediate step between the claimed OSA and the service-connected PTSD and the femur disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25085917
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