Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for obstructive sleep apnea with exercise induced asthma, sinusitis, and rhinitis.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to right ankle tendonitis due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for insomnia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder, but remanded the claim for mixed obstructive and central sleep apnea due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied the Veteran's motion for clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in prior rating decisions that denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, as the correct facts were not before the adjudicator at the time of those decisions.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar radiculopathy but denied it for genitourinary kidney problem blood in urine, sleep apnea (OSA), cervical radiculopathy neck, and eye injury.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea as there was no evidence of a current disability and the persuasive evidence did not show that sleep apnea was manifest during the pendency of the claim or at the time of or recent to the filing of the claim.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric condition, to include generalized anxiety disorder, as it finds that direct service connection opinions are necessary.

The appeal to revise the November 2020 rating decision's denial of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE), was denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral shoulder disability, and a lumbosacral disability due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands all claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and an insufficient VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and a TBI. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for allergic rhinitis, right ankle scar associated with ganglion cyst in the soft tissue of the ankle with tenosynovitis, left upper extremity scars associated with post traumatic changes of the left thumb, and post traumatic changes of the left thumb were also denied. Some issues related to service connection have been remanded for further consideration.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea syndromes was withdrawn by the Veteran's authorized representative.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for fatigue, headaches, and insomnia (claimed as sleep apnea).

The Board denied the veteran's claims for higher initial ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as service connection for a disability manifested by memory loss claimed as a neurobehavioral effect due to in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.

The appeal was granted for service connection of a lumbar spine disorder and the reduction in rating for migraine headaches. Other claims were remanded.

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

The Board remands the appeal to the agency of original jurisdiction for further development and consideration of the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for a higher disability rating for back condition, left and right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, and associated service-connected scar due to inadequate VA examination reports.