Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied the claims for earlier effective dates for a 40 percent rating for back disorder and service connection for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, as there was no evidence of the required disability prior to September 11, 2023.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection and an earlier effective date were dismissed due to untimely filings.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to an inadequate VA examination and opinion.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and denied it for chronic fatigue syndrome, while remanding claims for obstructive sleep apnea, pernicious anemia, and GERD as secondary to tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, dizziness, headaches, palpitations, shortness of breath (dyspnea), sleep apnea, plantar fasciitis and heel spurs, and left big toe posttraumatic residual pain.

The appeal for the issues of entitlement to service connection for a skin disability and sleep apnea was dismissed due to a procedural error in docketing.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for migraines and remanded the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claim for a higher rating for service-connected migraines and the issue of service connection for sleep apnea due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension but denied service connection for tinnitus and sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for a back disability, left hip disability, left knee disability, and right ankle disability. However, it granted service connection for a right hip strain and a right knee strain, and denied service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 30, 2021, for the grant of service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the evidence does not support a current diagnosis of sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence supports a causal relationship between the Veteran's current condition and his active duty service.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as it is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service, or caused or aggravated by service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric and musculoskeletal disabilities with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and right foot sprain, denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and denied an increased rating for left lower leg radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve and lumbosacral strain. The issues related to right hip strain, right knee pain, left knee strain, and an acquired psychiatric disorder were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for left knee osteoarthritis, right knee osteoarthritis, back disorder (including lumbago and lumbosacral spondylosis), sciatica in the right lower extremity, and sciatica in the left lower extremity.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease with degenerative arthritis, thoracolumbar spine.

The Board granted an effective date of July 29, 2022, and no earlier for the grant of a 20 percent disability rating for degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine and intervertebral disc syndrome, as well as service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.