The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a medical opinion that considers whether the Veteran's service-connected conditions caused or aggravated his OSA, and whether obesity served as an intermediate step.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided in the May 2022 and March 2024 VA examinations were inadequate because they did not consider the theories of secondary service connection involving the Veteran's service-connected disabilities causing or aggravating his OSA, nor did they address whether obesity served as an intermediate step.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086825
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