Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to provide a medical opinion on secondary service connection, specifically aggravation.
The deciding factor: The examination is inadequate as it failed to address whether the Veteran's OSA was aggravated by his PTSD.
- 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 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090614
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