Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain an adequate medical opinion and additional VA medical records.
The deciding factor: VA committed pre-decisional duty to assist errors in obtaining an inadequate medical opinion and VA medical records, necessitating a remand for corrective action.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea (also claimed as restless sleep syndrome)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089460
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