Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for flatfoot and lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's current disabilities are related to his military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and special monthly compensation due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for a secondary service connection opinion regarding obstructive sleep apnea and right foot disability.

The veteran's appeal requests for service connection for hearing loss, TBI, PTSD, diabetes mellitus, and sleep apnea were dismissed as the appeals were not timely filed.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected eye disability, but remanded the claim for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for his lumbar spine disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial compensable ratings for tinea pedis, onychomycosis, and lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding a relationship to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board remands the claim for an addendum medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is aggravated by his service-connected GERD.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and lumbosacral strain to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, GERD, and sleep apnea, while denying service connection for hearing loss. The Veteran was also granted increased ratings of 50 percent and 30 percent for migraine (tension) headaches and cervical strain (claimed as cervical spine pain), respectively.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to service-connected PTSD and sinusitis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the service connection award for obstructive sleep apnea, rated with reactive airway disease at 30 percent.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection for sinusitis and rhinitis due to an untimely Notice of Disagreement. The claims for migraines and obstructive sleep apnea were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left ankle condition and bilateral hearing loss due to acoustic trauma from noise exposure in service.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on evidence showing that the condition likely began during active duty and was diagnosed within a year of discharge.

The Board denied increased ratings for postural vertigo, lumbosacral strain with DDD and degenerative changes, eczematous dermatitis of the hands and intermittent axillary eruption, and service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Board granted service connection for asthma, denied service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral hands neuropathy, and sleep apnea, and remanded the claims for anxiety and depression.

The Board denied service connection for left knee replacement, Raynaud's syndrome, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea but granted service connection for Bell's palsy as secondary to a service-connected disability.