Sleep apnea decisions — 2024

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the grants of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and supraventricular arrhythmia, finding that the earliest valid ITF was submitted in June 2020.

Your claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea has been granted, and you are now receiving a 50% evaluation. The Board is dismissing your appeal as the issue of service connection no longer exists due to the grant of benefits.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a bilateral knee condition, obstructive sleep apnea, and tinnitus due to errors in characterizing the Veteran's service and incomplete private treatment records.

The Board has granted service connection for degenerative changes of the lumbar spine. The remaining issues have been remanded due to a duty to assist error.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error in the July 2021 VA examination, which did not address all relevant symptoms of the Veteran's OSA.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection of sleep apnea and sarcoidosis, finding that no new evidence was submitted within one year of the August 2017 denial.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including anxiety disorder and pain from his service-connected conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected right brachial plexus injury with pulmonary and restrictive lung disease with paralyzed hemidiaphragm.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of lumbosacral strain, finding that there is no nexus between his in-service back injury and his current condition.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and PTSD, finding that both conditions are causally related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The effective date is not specified as it pertains to a rating increase.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD and bilateral foot and ankle disabilities, which in turn are linked to obesity. The Board has granted the claim for secondary service connection.

The Board has granted the appellant's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), finding that it was incurred during his active duty service.

Your claim for service connection for sleep apnea has been fully granted, and the appeal is dismissed as there are no longer any issues to review.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between his in-service complaints of trouble sleeping and his current sleep apnea.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection are being remanded due to the need for further development and consideration of evidence.

The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development and consideration of evidence.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board has determined that there are duty to assist errors in the rating decisions on appeal for hearing loss, tinnitus, neck disability, back disability, and sleep disability. The issues of service connection for these conditions will be remanded for further development.

The Board has denied service connection for traumatic brain injury residuals and obstructive sleep apnea, but has remanded the claim for lumbosacral strain due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, tension headaches, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with adjustment disorder.