Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of sleep apnea, secondary to a service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The October 2023 VA examination did not provide an adequate opinion regarding both causation and aggravation as required by El-Amin v. Shinseki, 26 Vet. App. 136 (2013).
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089589
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