Sleep apnea decisions — 2021

The Board has decided to remand the case due to new theories of entitlement and additional medical evidence. A new examination is needed to determine if sleep apnea is related to service or aggravated by tinnitus.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea began during his military service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea, skin cancer on the head (skin cancer), and a compensable rating for a left ear drum rupture due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability and an initial rating higher than 20 percent for his lumbosacral strain.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to insufficient opinions regarding service connection and aggravation.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left and right knee disorders, as well as his claim for service connection for sleep apnea due to additional VA-developed medical evidence not having been addressed in a Statement of the Case.

The Veteran's claims for left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, hypertension, sleep apnea, and pes planus are being remanded due to incomplete service records and the need for additional examinations.

The Board has remanded the claims for GERD and sleep apnea service connection, as well as the TDIU claim due to incomplete records and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea likely had its onset during his active duty service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), finding that it had its onset during active duty service and is related to a facial injury sustained while in Korea.

The Veteran's lumbosacral strain and left foot reflex sympathetic dystrophy were both denied increased ratings.,Both conditions are currently rated at 10 percent, effective April 24, 2008.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is related to his period of active service and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current obstructive sleep apnea is related to his military service.

The Veteran's service connection claim for obstructive sleep apnea is remanded due to the need for further development, including an examination to determine the nature and etiology of his sleep apnea.

The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for the Veteran's spine disability and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy due to unresolved development needs. The appeal is not about service connection, but rather rating determinations.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for OSA, left foot disorder, and right foot disorder due to insufficient evidence. Additional development is needed including obtaining VA and private treatment records.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbosacral strain, left and right radiculopathy, dorsal spine compression fraction, right shoulder tendonitis with impingement and osteoarthritis, type 2 diabetes, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board has dismissed all service connection claims due to the death of the Appellant.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and COPD are remanded due to the grant of service connection for restrictive lung disease, which now renders his TDIU claim moot.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for elevated blood pressure, granted a 50% rating for bilateral eye diplopia, denied an initial rating in excess of 50% for obstructive sleep apnea, and denied an initial rating in excess of 30% for seborrheic keratosis with actinic keratosis.