Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the previous VA examination did not adequately address in-service symptoms.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and his active service.

The Board dismissed claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and left knee strain, but granted a 40 percent rating for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy from January 31, 2019.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for an initial increased rating for obstructive sleep apnea to correct a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea secondary to a service-connected depressive disorder due to an insufficient VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as depression and a right knee condition. The claims for left knee condition, back injury, hypertension, headaches, sleep apnea, and surgical complications of pregnancy were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and denied an initial rating greater than 10 percent for vertigo.

The Board remands the claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for persistent depressive disorder, and service connection for lumbosacral strain (back condition) and cervical strain (neck condition), to obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, pes planus and plantar fasciitis, and bilateral achilles tendinitis of the ankles.

The Board granted a disability rating of 40 percent, but not higher, for the Veteran's thoracolumbar back condition and separate ratings of 20 percent for right leg radiculopathy, service connection for left knee strain as secondary to the service-connected right knee strain, and service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded several other claims for further development.

The Board granted service connection for pulmonary hypertension, asthmatic bronchitis condition, centrilobular emphysema with interstitial lung disease and chronic respiratory failure, diabetes mellitus type II as secondary to service-connected pulmonary hypertension, and ischemic heart disease with chronic diastolic congestive heart failure as secondary to service-connected pulmonary hypertension. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for an increased rating for obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary asbestosis, and a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for readjudication due to new and relevant evidence being received.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, while remanding the claims for allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and sleep apnea.

The Board granted the reopening of a claim for service connection for a sleep disorder, to include obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder, to include depression and anxiety. The right knee disability rating and TDIU claims were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for a psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, alcohol use disorder, substance use disorder, substance-induced depressive disorder, and substance-induced anxiety disorder.

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