Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address whether the service-connected disabilities caused or aggravated the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea, including considering weight gain as an intermediate step.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a sleep disorder, including insomnia and snoring (claimed as sleep apnea) to obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and sleep apnea, but remanded the claim for depression to include anxiety due to outstanding private treatment records.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for cause of death due to a need for additional evidence and an adequate medical examination.

The Board granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and remanded several other claims, including those for a mental health condition, left shoulder disability, costochondritis, reactive airway disease, and hypertension. The claim for lumbosacral strain to include herniated disc was dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and tinnitus as they were not shown to be related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and increased disability ratings for sleep apnea, finding that the criteria for such ratings were not met prior to October 7, 1996.

The Board remands the claim for a VA sleep apnea disorder examination to determine the relationship between the diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea and service-connected disabilities, including any obesity associated with those disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and denied an increased rating for lumbar strain while granting a separate initial 30 percent rating for insomnia disorder.

The veteran's appeal requests for extensions to file an appeal on various rating decisions were denied, and the attempted appeals are dismissed.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for OSA and a bilateral foot disorder to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, but denied service connection for vertigo, depression, anxiety, headaches, a neck disability, dermatitis, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, sleep apnea, chronic fatigue, and a back disability.

The Board denied service connection for kidney failure and sleep apnea, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's military service or a service-connected disability. The appeal also remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for hypertension due to the need for further medical opinion.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for migraines and service connection for tinnitus, while denying increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss, chronic rhinitis, pyelonephritis with UTI, and all other conditions on appeal.

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

The Board granted an earlier effective date of December 15, 2013, for the award of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea based on a fully-developed claim filed within one year after the enactment of the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a supplemental opinion regarding its etiology, specifically addressing whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused him to become obese and if that obesity contributed to or aggravated his obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and a left ankle disability, finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to his active military service.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection regarding sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension, as well as initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for a scar under the right eye, an initial compensable rating for disfigurement due to a scar under the right eye, and an initial compensable rating for a left upper back scar.