Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for cause of death, on a basis other than pursuant to the PACT Act, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various disabilities, including back condition, lower extremity radiculopathy, and hernia residuals.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea with implanted inspire device, finding that the Veteran's condition is related to his active duty service.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus and right ear hearing loss, but denied service connection for right shoulder disability, obstructive sleep apnea, low back disability, left ear hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, migraine headaches, special monthly compensation based on loss of use of creative organ, and remanded claims for service connection for right wrist, cervical spine, and irritable bowel syndrome.

The Board denied service connection for sickle cell anemia, urinary incontinence, diabetes mellitus II, erectile dysfunction, and sleep apnea as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis or a link to service.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, a low back disability, and hypertension as the evidence did not show these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and obstructive sleep apnea, and assigned a 30 percent rating for irritable bowel syndrome effective June 2, 2022. The claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability was denied.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for the Veteran's PTSD and denied an increased rating in excess of 70 percent. The claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with alcohol use disorder, finding that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is aggravated by his service-connected conditions.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to a lack of a timely Notice of Disagreement and an incomplete supplemental claim.

The Board remands the claim for a VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is secondary to his service-connected PTSD with alcohol dependence, including any aggravation by the condition or its treatment.

The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and remanded the claim for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with asthma and assigned a 10 percent rating for chronic allergic conjunctivitis, while denying service connection for abnormal weight loss.

The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran, and all issues on appeal are dismissed.

The Board denied an initial compensable rating for migraine, including migraine variants, and remanded the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a higher initial disability rating, and TDIU, as well as remanded the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as it is related to and/or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected asbestosis.

The Board denied service connection for shin splints, right leg and left leg, but dismissed the appeal for lumbosacral strain as granted in a previous rating decision.

The Board granted service connection for right leg pain, left leg pain, right foot pain, and left foot pain, restored a 20 percent rating for lumbosacral strain effective March 1, 2021, denied increased ratings for tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, and right hip strain, granted an earlier effective date for depression, and granted TDIU.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors and to obtain TERA opinions.