Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The appeal seeking service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was withdrawn by the Veteran before a decision was made.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea due to duty to assist errors, including missing records and an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to various disability ratings and service connection for further development, as the current evidence is incomplete.

The veteran's appeal for service connection for multiple conditions was dismissed due to a late filing.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's corneal transplant left eye, pseudophakia left eye and remanded claims for service connection for tinnitus and a respiratory disorder.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The remaining claims for various other conditions were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and obstructive sleep apnea, finding that both conditions are etiologically related to the Veteran's active-duty service.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and reinstated a 30 percent rating for migraines effective August 5, 2023.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.

The Veteran has been granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and special monthly compensation due to the service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to April 15, 2022, and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) prior to the same date.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with depressed mood.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for GERD and service connection for OSA, secondary to the Veteran's insomnia with major depressive disorder and foot condition.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea due to a duty-to-assist error, specifically the lack of a current diagnosis through a sleep study.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance that these conditions were incurred in or otherwise related to the Veteran's military service.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed as moot because the benefit sought on appeal had already been granted by the RO.

The Board remands the claim for an adequate medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea was caused or aggravated by his service-connected chronic sinusitis.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include chronic adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but denied service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bilateral hearing loss, and remanded several other conditions for further review.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's condition had its onset in service and has been recurrent since then.