Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and obstructive sleep apnea to ensure that the Veteran is provided with a fully adequate VA opinion.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral lower extremity and upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, GERD, hypertension, OSA, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection of chronic sinusitis, service connection for sleep apnea and secondary to allergic rhinitis, and service connection for headaches.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and remanded claims for sleep apnea, left hip, right hip, and bilateral knee disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings to correct errors by the AOJ, including obtaining medical opinions that adequately address the Veteran's symptoms and medical history.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for Alzheimer's disease, PTSD, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and sleep apnea due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) secondary to service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, persistent depressive disorder, insomnia disorder, panic disorder, and bruxism due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) based on the evidence showing that these conditions had their onset in service.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease with myocardial infarction, diabetes mellitus type II, right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, unspecified anxiety disorder (claimed as post-traumatic stress disorder), sleep apnea, and an initial 10 percent rating for hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for the cause of death, finding that the Veteran's end-stage chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and obstructive sleep apnea contributed substantially or materially to his death.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 27, 2014, for the award of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to a clear and unmistakable error in the December 2014 rating decision. The motion for revision of the January 2014 rating decision on the basis of CUE to assign a 50 percent disability rating for migraines was denied.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for migraines and tension headaches and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but remanded the claims for a compensable rating and service connection for a heart condition.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a recurrent sleep disability to include obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied the application to readjudicate a previously denied claim of service connection for lumbosacral strain and degenerative arthritis of the spine, as no new and relevant evidence was submitted. The claims for prostate cancer and bladder disability were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor that symptoms began during active duty.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it was not related to his active duty or any of his service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a new VA nexus opinion that adequately addresses the Veteran's lay statements regarding his symptoms since service.

The Board vacated its April 2025 decision regarding the Veteran's motions for revision or reversal of portions of a September 2013 and July 2023 rating decisions based on CUE due to procedural errors.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for multiple conditions, including left and right hip femoral acetabular impingement syndrome, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and lumbosacral strain.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for left and right leg shin splints but denied an increased rating for lumbosacral strain, as well as service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, radicular pain and paresthesia of the left upper extremity, chronic cervicothoracic pain, and left knee pain.