Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding no causal relationship between the current disabilities and in-service noise exposure. The appeal regarding sleep apnea was remanded for further evidence.

The Board granted service connection for left ear hearing loss and increased the evaluation of PTSD to 70 percent, but denied service connection for right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, and bulimia nervosa.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for further development, including scheduling VA examinations to address the adequacy of previous examinations and obtain medical opinions.

The Board remands the claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including depression, and sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error related to missing service records.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder and insomnia disorder, but denied an initial compensable disability rating for allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, and a skin disorder (eczema and psoriasis) as the evidence did not support these claims. The effective dates for the grants of service connection for PTSD, tinnitus, and left wrist sprain were also denied.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical evidence and scheduling a VA examination.

The Board remands the service connection claim for obstructive sleep apnea to correct a duty to assist error, specifically regarding an adequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The appeal to reverse or revise a November 2019 rating decision that denied service connection for sleep apnea and chondroid tumor on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was denied. The Board found no CUE in the original decisions.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy but denied higher ratings for the back disability and right knee degenerative joint disease.

The Board granted the restoration of a 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain, residuals, injury, effective April 1, 2022, as the reduction was improper.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for sleep apnea due to an improper concurrent election of review options.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the notice of disagreement.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sinusitis, rhinitis, and sleep apnea to obtain additional evidence in compliance with the PACT Act.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded the claim for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board granted service connection for multiple acquired psychiatric and physical disabilities, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder and remanded a claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a thoracolumbar spine disability and remanded the claims for service connection for tension headaches, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction (ED), left hip disability, right hip disability, and left knee disability.

The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion on the etiology of obstructive sleep apnea, considering the Veteran's service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations and the enactment of the PACT Act.