Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and lumbar degenerative disc disease to allow VA to obtain potentially relevant records from Florida VA facilities and clarify dates and locations of periods of incarceration.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain potentially pertinent records and identify dates and locations of the Veteran's periods of incarceration.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, lumbar degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086306
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