Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The appeal regarding service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is dismissed as the claim has been granted in full.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it was caused by the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board remands the claims for additional development due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board denied service connection for COPD, atrial fibrillation, squamous cell carcinoma, lymphosarcoma, and lung cancer as they were not related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a hypoactive thyroid and obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to service connected bilateral tinnitus due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for olecranon bursitis of left and right elbow, as well as sleep apnea, based on new and relevant evidence. The claims were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and posttraumatic stress disorder due to deficiencies in previous VA examinations and missing private treatment records.

The Board granted an effective date of March 14, 2016, for service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, including as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, asthma, thickening pleura, and sleep apnea to obtain additional medical evidence regarding their relationship to in-service toxic exposure risk activities.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and denied service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and tinnitus, but dismissed the claims for chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied an effective date prior to September 5, 2023, for a 100 percent rating for MDD and SMC based on housebound criteria. However, it granted service connection for right ear painful scar, right ear surgical scar, and sleep apnea with an effective date of November 30, 2020.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain additional medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea qualifies as a medically unexplained chronic multisystem illness attributable to Gulf War service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased rating to correct pre-decisional errors in development of evidence.

The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is remanded due to the need for additional evidence and an adequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an addendum opinion that considers the Veteran's lay statements and toxic exposure risk activity.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain an addendum VA medical opinion addressing whether it is at least as likely as not that OSA was caused or aggravated by one or more of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.