Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea is remanded due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a more thorough medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right-hand disability, left-hand disability, sleep apnea, and migraines to provide the Veteran with VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis and remanded the claim for sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for severe sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability, left ankle disability, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), all as secondary to the Veteran's already service-connected conditions. The Board also granted a 20 percent rating for right ankle arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, which is related to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, prostate cancer, and diabetes mellitus type II due to an incomplete review of potential Agent Orange exposure during the Veteran's service in Korea.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 19, 2013 for the grant of service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board granted an effective date of May 31, 2013, for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), status post-operative, based on the theory of secondary service connection.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual employability (TDIU) as the evidence did not support a finding that his service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful occupation.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for obstructive sleep apnea and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, as there was no evidence of chronic respiratory failure with carbon dioxide retention or cor pulmonale, or that his OSA required tracheostomy. The TDIU claim from December 4, 2019, is denied as moot.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, right and left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, heart conditions, skin cancer, and sleep apnea to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a complete and adequate VA medical opinion regarding its etiology, including whether it is related to the Veteran's conceded toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) and his service-connected psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for non-allergic rhinitis, an increased rating for asthma, service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea based on the Veteran's in-service symptoms and their persistence to the present.

The Board granted service connection for left knee disability, left ankle disability, left heel disability, and obstructive sleep apnea based on the evidence being at least evenly balanced as to whether these conditions had their onset in service.

The Veteran's appeal was withdrawn, and all claims were dismissed.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent election of review options.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for an addendum medical opinion.