Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to include as secondary to hypertension, due to duty-to-assist errors in obtaining a sufficient medical opinion and an initial TERA opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to correct two duty to assist errors: insufficient secondary service connection opinion and failure to obtain a toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) opinion when warranted.
- 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 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091431
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