Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his active military service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain additional medical opinions addressing the etiology of the condition.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to ensure a VA examination is conducted, as no such examination has been performed and there was a duty to assist error in not scheduling one.

The Board granted readjudication of service connection for bilateral retinitis pigmentosa but denied the claim based on a lack of evidence linking the condition to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board granted service connection for seborrheic dermatitis and remanded the claims for asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes mellitus type 2, fibromyalgia, GERD, OSA, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating higher than 10 percent for lumbosacral strain, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is nearly balanced as to whether it is related to the Veteran's service or his service-connected other specified trauma and stressor related disorder.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for PTSD and major depressive disorder, denied service connection for colon polyps, type II diabetes, sinusitis, and chronic bronchitis, and granted service connection for allergic rhinitis, sleep apnea, and erectile dysfunction. Five neuropathy conditions were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began during his active duty and continued post-service.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, specifically his unspecified anxiety disorder.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, and service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the back disability due to inadequate examination reports.

The Board granted service connection for tongue ulcer and denied an increased initial rating in excess of 30 percent for bronchial asthma with bronchitis. The claims for higher ratings for lumbosacral strain, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy were remanded.

The appeal of the November 2023 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of General Counsel (OGC) determination that the attorney fees paid directly to the appellant from past due benefits awarded in two March 2020 VA decisions were unreasonable and should be reduced was denied.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision was made.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of sleep apnea to correct a duty to assist error in the prior rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a 30 percent rating for GERD, effective from December 22, 2021. The Veteran's effective date for the grant of service connection for GERD was also granted as February 9, 2021.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to deficiencies in the record.