Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea due to a duty to assist error regarding an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for partial prostatectomy scars and remanded the claims for service connection, increased rating for MDD, and TDIU due to duty to assist errors.

The Board granted an earlier effective date for service connection of OSA under the PACT Act, but remanded the issue of entitlement to an earlier effective date separate from the PACT Act.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the Veteran's current condition and their active duty service.

The Board remands the case to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is aggravated by his service-connected adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board granted the restoration of a 40 percent rating for the Veteran's lumbosacral spine disability, effective December 1, 2024.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for a cervical spine condition, low back condition, hemorrhoids, sleep apnea, chronic constipation, and pseudo folliculitis barbae (PFB).

The claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed because the issue has already been adjudicated and the benefit sought has been granted in full.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the condition was proximately due to or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of sleep apnea to obtain a new VA opinion regarding the nexus between the condition and toxic exposure during service in Southwest Asia, as well as whether the disability pattern is consistent with undiagnosed illnesses or medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illnesses.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD, denied an earlier effective date for tinnitus, denied a higher rating for tinnitus, and denied service connection for hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis fatty liver, obstructive sleep apnea, and an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for unspecified depressive and anxiety disorder.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as it is not related to the Veteran's active service or a service-connected disability.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, finding that his symptoms did not result in total occupational and social impairment.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a respiratory disorder and sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board grants service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected allergic rhinitis and PTSD.

The Board remands the matter for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's lumbosacral strain without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain additional evidence and a more thorough medical opinion.

The appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral residuals of trench foot, plantar fasciitis of both feet, and sleep apnea based on their relation to the Veteran's active duty service.