Sleep apnea decisions — 2024

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis likely began during his active duty service and resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was granted, and an effective date of June 4, 2019, but no earlier, was established.

The Board has denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, joint pain, fatigue, and sleep apnea due to lack of a current diagnosis. The issues of service connection for these conditions are remanded as the Veteran's in-service exposures may be related.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, heart valve replacement with resulting scar, skin melanoma, and IBS (with GERD) effective from June 22, 2022.,An earlier effective date of June 22, 2022, was granted for the grants of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, heart valve replacement with resulting scar, skin melanoma, and IBS (with GERD).

The Veteran's TDIU was granted based on her service-connected migraines. The combined rating of all service-connected disabilities is at least 60%, meeting the criteria for SMC housebound.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are related to her service-connected obstructive sleep apnea and other conditions, granting her claim for secondary service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's sleep apnea is secondary to his service-connected disabilities, specifically obesity resulting from his service-connected knee and lumbosacral strain conditions. As a result, the claim for service connection for sleep apnea is granted.

The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to provide an adequate VA examination, and now requires a new medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of current diagnosis and reasonable efforts to obtain private treatment records for sleep apnea.

The Board has granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the current condition is related to an in-service injury.

The Board denied service connection for myxofibrosarcoma, finding that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for presumptive exposure to herbicide agents and thus could not establish service connection based on a presumption of exposure. The Board also found insufficient evidence to support direct service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and retrolisthesis, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and active service.,The Board also denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified anxiety disorder, concluding that there was no causal relationship between his current mental health condition and active service.

The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to insufficient medical opinion regarding its onset and relationship to service-connected sinusitis.

The Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea is granted a disability rating of 50 percent, effective March 13, 2015. The VA examiner determined that the use of a CPAP machine was required.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is as likely as not attributable to his service-connected deviated septum, and the Board finds that this condition should be considered as originating during his time in service.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities caused obesity, which in turn led to his current diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral shoulder disability, patellofemoral pain syndrome of the bilateral knees, cervical strain, and lumbosacral strain, finding that these conditions are related to active service.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it is secondary to his service-connected musculoskeletal disabilities. The decision also notes that the evidence does not suggest a direct relationship between the Veteran's active service and his current condition.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and hemorrhoids, finding that there is no current disability during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and hemorrhoids, finding that there is no current disability during the pendency of the appeal.