Sleep apnea decisions — 2018

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's current condition had its onset during his period of active service and is linked to his reported symptoms and weight gain in service.

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea, a skin disability (including basal cell skin cancer, squamous cell skin cancer, and actinic keratosis), and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. The decision is based on direct evidence linking these conditions to service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including DM II, vision loss, sleep apnea, ED, ingrown toenails, third degree burns, and peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities. The reasons given include a lack of in-service occurrence or injury related to these conditions, as well as insufficient evidence linking current disabilities to service.

The Board denied service connection for the claimed conditions, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to service or any other valid theory of entitlement.

The Board has determined that further medical examination is needed to determine the nature and etiology of any current left elbow condition, residuals of a broken nose, sleep apnea, and esophagus condition. The claims are being remanded for these examinations.

The Board has remanded several issues including service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left upper extremities, obstructive sleep apnea, and peripheral vestibular disease. The Veteran's hearing loss and tinnitus are also being evaluated further.

The Board has remanded several issues, including the claims for a respiratory condition, lumbar spine disability, left and right ankle disabilities, bilateral pes planus, left hip disability (secondary to service-connected disability), right knee disability (secondary to service-connected disability), and sleep apnea. These issues will be addressed in further proceedings.

The Board has granted reopening of the claims for service connection for hypertension, sleep/respiratory disability (sleep apnea), and kidney disease. However, diabetes mellitus and tinnitus were not found to be related to service.

The Veteran's appeal for sleep apnea was dismissed. The Board has also remanded the issues of rating lumbar strain, left leg disability (stress fracture), anxiety and depression, and TDIU.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to his lumbar spine disability, as he does not have loss of use of one or more lower extremities.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine was denied as there is no evidence that his forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine was limited to 30 degrees or less at any point during the appeal period.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's sleep apnea and his service, including any exposure to asbestos, dust, smoke, fumes, and dry ice. The decision also requires an examination to determine if the Veteran's PTSD is aggravating his sleep apnea.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome have been dismissed due to his death.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's sleep disorder, finding that it is related to his service-connected GERD and sinusitis.

The Board has decided to remand the claims for COPD, sleep apnea, and diabetes mellitus due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology. The Veteran's service connection claim will be reconsidered after obtaining additional information from VA and private treatment records.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is related to his service, specifically if it was aggravated by his service-connected adjustment disorder.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional examinations and opinions regarding his dental, respiratory, joint pain, low back pain, hypertension, sleep apnea, and erectile dysfunction conditions. The claim for an increased rating for PTSD is also remanded.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for pancreatitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and sleep apnea due to incomplete development of evidence.

The previously denied claims for back strain, diabetes mellitus type II, and an acquired mental health condition are reopened. The claim of service connection for asthma is denied.,The previously denied claims for sleep apnea, irritable bowel syndrome, erectile dysfunction, and myasthenia gravis are also remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected migraines have rendered him unable to maintain gainful employment, and the Board has granted a TDIU rating on schedular basis.