Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left ankle disability and lumbosacral disability as there are pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors requiring further development.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected generalized anxiety disorder, right knee disability, and left ankle disability. The claims for a right ankle and left knee disability were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, erectile dysfunction, bilateral flatfoot (pes planus), generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder (dysthymic disorder), hypertension, pilonidal cyst, and sleep apnea due to a lack of evidence supporting the claims.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded claims for high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus, type 2 due to duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for hemorrhoids but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss disability, obstructive sleep apnea, and a back disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, obstructive and central sleep apnea, and migraine headaches due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for female sexual arousal disorder (FSAD) and denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, sinusitis, a compensable rating for rhinitis, a compensable rating for hypothyroidism, and a rating in excess of 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea with asthma and chronic bronchitis.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome but granted service connection for hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board granted the restoration of a 40 percent rating for bilateral hearing loss, effective January 1, 2025, and remanded the claim for service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically the failure to provide an opinion on direct service connection.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic left wrist sprain, chronic right wrist sprain, and lumbosacral strain to obtain additional medical opinions that address the appellant's lay statements about the onset and history of his symptoms.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left iliopsoas strain, migraine headaches and variants, and obstructive sleep apnea to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied initial disability ratings for various conditions, including GERD, shoulder strain, elbow strains, lumbosacral strain, and knee conditions. A separate rating was granted for right lower extremity radiculopathy due to the service-connected lumbosacral spine disability.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to correct an error by the AOJ, as a VA examination and medical opinion are needed to determine the nature and etiology of the diagnosed condition.

The appeal for entitlement to an increased disability rating for obstructive sleep apnea, including a claim of service connection on a direct basis, is dismissed because the Board's decision in November 2023 granted service connection based on aggravation by a service-connected back disability, not directly.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disability and musculoskeletal disorders, as there was no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to the claimed conditions.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.