Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for further development and to correct a pre-decisional error of the duty to assist.

The Board denied higher initial ratings for left and right wrist tenosynovitis but granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to an inadequate medical opinion and a need for a TERA medical opinion.

The Board remands the service connection claim for obstructive sleep apnea due to insufficient medical evidence.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance regarding whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is etiologically related to his active-duty service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and reinstatement of a 10 percent disability rating for asthma, as well as a compensable rating for right ear hearing loss.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed due to the Veteran not filing a timely notice of disagreement within one year of the September 2018 rating decision.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, depression with eating disorder, and sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted the reinstatement of a 60 percent rating for urinary incontinence effective March 23, 2024, and denied increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and service connection for plantar fasciitis.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's current disability is etiologically related to his in-service duties as a helicopter mechanic.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for sleep apnea due to an inadequate VA medical opinion, while also noting that a full grant of benefits has been made for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for GERD was granted, but no earlier effective dates were granted for the other service connection claims.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with obesity as an intermediary step, but denied a higher disability rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the issue to the AOJ for initial consideration.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities with obesity as an intermediate step, and an initial rating of 30 percent for gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to include as due to Toxic Risk Exposure Activity (TERA) for additional development of the record, specifically an adequate medical opinion addressing the Veteran's in-service reports of sleep difficulties and snoring.

The Board denied the claims for service connection for hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as there was no evidence of a nexus between the conditions and the Veteran's active service.

The Board denied an initial compensable evaluation for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral foot condition, gastroesophageal reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome, left knee condition, and headaches.

The Board denied service connection for obesity and remanded the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) due to a missing medical opinion on whether OSA is aggravated by PTSD.

The appeal concerning the issue of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.