Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including knee, bladder, OSA, psychiatric, and hypertension, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board dismissed the appeal for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for anxiety condition with insomnia disorder and denied service connection for right and left ankle conditions, pes planus, and a foot disability other than pes planus. The Board granted service connection for a foot disability other than pes planus and remanded claims for service connection for midback pain, cervical spine pain with disc herniation, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea as the evidence did not support a finding that it was incurred in or aggravated by service, nor due to or aggravated by his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied service connection for lung nodules, remanded the claims for an initial compensable disability rating for hypertension and for service connection for headaches and OSA.

The Board denied service connection for cervical spine, right leg, stress, right ankle, right knee, OSA, and left leg disabilities as there was no evidence of a current disability or a link to in-service events.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left hip strain, right hip strain, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, and right ankle ligament sprain with degenerative arthritis as the evidence did not support a higher rating under applicable criteria.

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability manifested by pain, finding that the Veteran's low back pain results in functional impairment and is related to service. The claims for headaches and obstructive sleep apnea were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, diabetes, hypertensive heart disease with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure (claimed as heart condition), and sleep apnea due to missing records and potential toxic exposure development.

The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability, removal of the uvula, hypertension, sleep apnea, and an acquired psychiatric disorder as there was no evidence that these conditions had their onset during active military service or were caused by an in-service injury or disease.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, GERD, and OSA due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding no evidence of an in-service incurrence or a causal relationship to service.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) based on a favorable finding by the agency of original jurisdiction that new and relevant evidence had been received to readjudicate the claim, establishing a current disability and in-service incurrence.

The Veteran is granted eligibility for assistance in acquiring specially adapted housing due to the loss of use of both lower extremities, and his appeal seeking a special home adaptation grant is dismissed as moot.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, lumbosacral strain, and hypertension, but denied service connection for tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea, finding that his initial intent to file a claim was received on September 29, 2021.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between the condition and the Veteran's military service, including exposure to herbicides.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of August 30, 2016 for service connection for urticaria and left eye disability, denied a compensable rating for the left eye disability, and granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for left and right knee conditions, diabetes mellitus Type II, obstructive sleep apnea, and posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Veteran has withdrawn the appeal for service connection for multiple conditions, and the Board does not have jurisdiction to review the appeal.

The Board remands the claim for a VA medical opinion to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea, considering its potential relationship with service-connected disabilities.