Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

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

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder and/or migraines.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain a medical opinion that addresses the Veteran's in-service symptoms and lay statements.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for lumbosacral strain due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for tension headaches, obstructive sleep apnea, and asthma as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to schedule a new VA examination due to an insufficient medical opinion regarding the Veteran's toxic exposure risk activity in service.

The Board granted service connection for basal cell carcinoma and a higher initial disability rating of 70 percent for other specified trauma-and-stressor-related disorder, while denying increased ratings for lumbosacral strain, right lower radiculopathy, bilateral hearing loss, chronic rhinitis, tension headaches, and mitral valve prolapse.

The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it did not meet the criteria for a higher rating at any point during the appeal period.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted restoration of a TDIU and DEA benefits effective February 1, 2022, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to service-connected disabilities.

The appeal to reopen the previous denial of service connection for lumbosacral strain is dismissed as the benefit sought has been fully granted.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including obstructive sleep apnea and back disability, preclude his ability to secure and follow substantially gainful employment from March 19, 2025.

The Board remands the appeal for additional development, including a retrospective opinion regarding range of motion during flare-ups and requesting evidence pertaining to the Veteran's annual income prior to January 2010.

The appeal for an increased disability rating in excess of 70 percent from June 4, 2015, to July 12, 2022, for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with persistent depressive disorder was denied.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, bilateral cataracts, dry eye syndrome, allergic conjunctivitis, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, and atrial fibrillation as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by an in-service event.

The claim for service connection for valvular heart disease is dismissed as the Veteran was granted a full grant of benefits for coronary artery disease, which is considered a full grant of the benefits sought on appeal.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a new medical opinion addressing the causation and aggravation elements related to the Veteran's service-connected heart, psychiatric, and pes planus disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes, sleep apnea, prostate cancer, urinary incontinence, residuals of gallbladder removal, gout and low back disability, as well as entitlement to a TDIU prior to April 20, 2023, due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected respiratory conditions disability.