Sleep apnea decisions — 2024

The Veteran's adopted child, S.L.M., is recognized as a helpless child due to her disabilities prior to the age of 18.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss has been denied as there is no current diagnosis of a hearing disability for VA purposes.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to include as secondary to service-connected allergic rhinitis has been remanded due to the need for an adequate addendum opinion.

The Board has granted service connection for a low back disorder, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right and left knee disabilities.

The Veteran's OSA is granted as secondary to his service-connected PTSD, and he is awarded an initial 30 percent rating for GERD.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for her service-connected lumbosacral strain is remanded due to pre-decisional errors and the need for additional medical examination. The VA also needs to obtain private treatment records from Ketan B. Patel.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is granted as secondary to his service-connected lumbosacral spine, right knee, and left knee disabilities. His headaches are rated at the maximum schedular disability rating of 50 percent. The Veteran's lumbosacral strain is not higher than 20 percent.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection on all listed conditions was dismissed due to his disagreement with the denial of left flatfoot, which was granted in a prior decision. The remaining issues are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a back disability, finding insufficient evidence of an in-service injury and credible accounts from medical providers contradicting his assertions.

The Veteran's lumbar strain (low back condition) has been granted an initial rating of 40 percent.,Service connection for neck condition, left arm radiculopathy, right arm radiculopathy, and sleep apnea have all been granted.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is secondary to his service-connected PTSD and obesity. The decision also acknowledges that there was a previous denial of this claim.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of July 13, 2016 for the award of a 40 percent evaluation for the Veteran's lumbosacral strain.

The Board denied the claim for service connection of sleep apnea as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disability because the Veteran is not currently service connected for any acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right knee and back conditions due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology. The Veteran is entitled to a new examination to determine if his current conditions are related to service.

The Veteran requested to withdraw the issue of service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and the Board has dismissed this appeal.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's diagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnea is proximately related to her service-connected PTSD, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, which is secondary to his service-connected anxiety disorder.

New evidence has been received regarding the previously denied claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea. The claim may be readjudicated, and a remand is necessary to adjudicate it on the merits.

The Board has dismissed the appeals for initial compensable disability ratings for fibromyalgia, an initial disability rating in excess of 40 percent for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) as it was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and there is no link to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as it did not begin during active service and is not etiologically related to an in-service event, injury or disease. The Veteran's OSA was also not secondary to a service-connected disability.