Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to provide an adequate opinion on the etiology of sleep apnea, considering its potential secondary relationship with the Veteran's service-connected migraine disability.

The appeal for service connection for inguinal hernia, hypertension, left shoulder condition, and vision impairment was dismissed due to untimely filing of the notice of disagreement. The claims for headaches, OSA, IBS, and bilateral hearing loss were denied as there is no evidence linking these conditions to military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates, compensable ratings, and service connection due to a lack of evidence supporting these claims.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to obesity due to service-connected disabilities and associated medications, and adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for some conditions and denied an earlier effective date for lumbosacral strain, while remanding service connection claims for left and right wrist disorders.

The Board remands the claims for service connection, TDIU, and increased rating due to psychiatric disability for further development.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for benign prostatic hyperplasia, left lower extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including verifying in-service stressors and scheduling examinations.

The Board granted service connection for intervertebral disc syndrome, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran. The claims for obstructive sleep apnea, GERD, and headache disability were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as it was not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service, and was not caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to a service-connected bilateral ankle disability due to further development needed.

The Board granted a 70 percent disability rating for major depressive disorder with primary insomnia effective December 16, 2019, and an initial 40 percent disability rating for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease from June 27, 2017 through December 6, 2021.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a skin condition, bilateral hand tremors, and obstructive sleep apnea due to errors in the duty to assist.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including low back pain, right knee pain, right ankle pain, right hip pain, left knee pain, GERD/reflux, mental health disorder, sleep apnea, and left shoulder pain, due to a duty to assist error regarding VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for headaches as secondary to PTSD and sleep apnea as secondary to obesity caused by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's requests for extensions of time to file Board Appeal requests were denied, and the attempted appeals were dismissed.

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

The Board denied service connection for 20 conditions including depression, anxiety, and traumatic brain injury, finding insufficient evidence of in-service incurrence or nexus. The Board remanded three conditions (back condition, left lower extremity neuropathy, and left leg condition) for further adjudication.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and denied an increased rating for the unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder.