Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion to clarify whether sleep apnea was caused or aggravated by toxic exposure risk activities in service, weight gain, and the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder with anxious distress and mild alcohol use disorder.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not address all necessary factors regarding the claimed sleep apnea, including its potential relation to toxic exposures and the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- 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 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091452
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