Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of sleep apnea to correct a duty to assist error in the prior rating decision.
The deciding factor: The July 2025 VA opinion was found inadequate due to incorrect assertions and failure to address all theories of entitlement, including direct and secondary service connection, as well as the Veteran's reported in-service onset of sleep apnea symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091920
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