Sleep apnea decisions — 2024

The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings on several conditions, including lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome and right lower extremity radiculopathy, has been remanded. The issues of scar rating have been withdrawn.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is found to have begun in service and has persisted since, granting the claim for service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for sleep apnea, TBI, and a neck/cervical spine disorder due to lack of evidence showing these conditions were incurred or aggravated during service.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a failure to comply with VA's duty to assist in obtaining an adequate medical opinion and because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for its decision. The Veteran's claim for service connection for OSA, secondary to PTSD, is being remanded for further development.

The Veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than May 6, 2021 for service connection were denied as there was no pending formal or informal claim left unadjudicated by VA.

The Board has determined that there was a duty to assist error in failing to obtain an adequate opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's OSA and his military service, specifically hazardous environmental exposures during the Gulf War. The case is being remanded for further review.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, as it is related to his in-service herbicide exposure. The AOJ must arrange for a VA examination and provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is directly related to his military service or due to combined toxic exposure.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea on a secondary basis to PTSD, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether PTSD caused or aggravated the Veteran's sleep apnea.

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea, which is aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's sleep disorder, including insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea, is related to his active service due to presumed herbicide agent exposure in Thailand. The Board granted the claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that there was a duty to assist error and remands the case for an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's service-connected left foot disability caused or aggravated his obesity, which in turn may have contributed to his obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of adequate VA medical opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The AOJ must obtain an addendum VA medical opinion to address whether OSA was caused or aggravated by his service-connected persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to errors in duty-to-assist, including a need for TERA-specific examinations and an opinion regarding whether his gastrointestinal disability is aggravated by his service-connected left knee disability.

The Veteran's service connection claim for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is denied because the evidence does not support a finding that her OSA was incurred in or related to her active service.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship to military service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was granted effective March 30, 2021. The decision is based on a VA examiner's opinion that the condition was incurred during service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as it is not related to his service-connected anxiety disorder, tinnitus, or residuals of a mildly comminuted left nasal fracture and mild deviation of the nasal septum.

The Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus, type II and obstructive sleep apnea have been dismissed. Prior to January 20, 2020, the Veteran was denied a compensable rating for ventral diastasis. From January 20, 2020 onwards, he received a 10% rating for this condition.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is not etiologically related to his service or any service-connected conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for GERD and obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, but denied service connection for tinnitus.