Sleep apnea decisions — 2024

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea but has remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral lower extremity venous insufficiency due to inadequate medical opinions and duty to assist errors.

The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine injury, back disorder and OSA. The Veteran's loss of use of both feet due to his ankle disorders is also granted, with a combined rating of 80 percent.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error and requires an examination to determine if the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is related to military service or a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as there was no evidence showing that OSA manifested during active duty service or was related to his military service, including herbicide agent exposure.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea was denied due to lack of new and relevant evidence. The claims for erectile dysfunction, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, diabetes mellitus, bilateral hearing loss, and hypertension were all addressed.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as there is no persuasive weight of evidence showing that OSA had its onset during service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and restoration of a 20 percent rating for Left Upper Extremity Radiculopathy affecting the upper and middle radicular groups is denied. The matter related to the earlier effective date for LUE radiculopathy is dismissed as moot.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and multiple nodules on his lungs. The reasons include a failure to provide a VA examination prior to the decision, as well as the need for a TERA-specific examination due to presumed environmental toxin exposures.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is granted as secondary to his service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's appeal was denied as he did not file a timely substantive appeal following the issuance of a September 2019 Statement of the Case (SOC).

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that there was no evidence to support a nexus between his current sleep apnea disability and his active duty service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities and obesity, which was an intermediary step. Therefore, the claim for secondary service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is granted.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is related to his active service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's request for a rating greater than 10 percent for left foot hallux valgus was denied, and his claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is remanded.

The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the nature and onset of the Veteran's sleep apnea, including whether it is related to his service or aggravated by his service-connected hypertension.

The Veteran's OSA is related to his active-duty service and the claim for service connection is granted.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's sleep apnea is not secondary to his service-connected PTSD and has therefore remanded for further evaluation.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD, but denied service connection for hypertension.

Service connection for COPD is granted pursuant to the PACT Act. Service connection for tinnitus is granted.,Service connection for chronic fatigue, muscle spasms, and obstructive sleep apnea are remanded due to lack of a VA medical opinion addressing these conditions in relation to presumed toxic exposure risk activities (TERAs).