Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board restored the 10 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain, denied a compensable initial evaluation for right and left hip strains, granted service connection for right shoulder strain, and remanded claims for increased evaluations and additional service connections.

The Board denied increased disability ratings for lumbosacral strain, left hip strain with limitation of extension, and left hip strain with limitation of flexion.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea for a VA examination as part of the duty to assist.

The Board is remanding all issues for development due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including failure to obtain relevant service and VA treatment records.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, a compensable rating for hypothyroidism, and entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an annual VA clothing allowance for the 2020 calendar year due to the lack of a service-connected skin condition and evidence that the topical medications used caused irreparable damage to his clothes.

The appeal was dismissed for service connection claims of pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus, and TDIU. The claim for a bilateral knee disability was denied, while the claims for hypertension and sleep apnea were remanded.

The Board remands the case for additional development, including obtaining a medical opinion and any outstanding VA treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for kidney cancer, rosacea, and status post excision of scrotum hidrocystoma as they are not related to the Veteran's service or in-service toxic exposure risk activities.

The Board remands the case for a new medical opinion as the previous one did not adequately address the lay statements regarding the Veteran's symptoms in service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for ED, hypertension, and OSA secondary to a service-connected anxiety disorder due to a need for an addendum opinion addressing aggravation.

The Board granted service connection for a back disability but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for increased ratings and service connection for various disabilities due to insufficient evidence.

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

The Board remands the claims for service connection for heart disability, diabetes mellitus, spinal stenosis, sleep apnea, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to duty-to-assist errors.

The appeal for a higher rating for coronary artery disease prior to June 8, 2016 and after June 8, 2016 was dismissed. The veteran was granted a 60 percent rating for obstructive sleep apnea with asthma from June 8, 2016 to September 15, 2021, but denied a higher rating since September 16, 2021.

The Board granted an effective date of March 1, 2019 for the grant of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder was dismissed, while the claim for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to a service-connected disability was granted. The TDIU claim was denied.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of service connection for sleep apnea and granted increased ratings for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the lower extremities. However, it denied earlier effective dates for other conditions and increased ratings for atrial fibrillation.

The Board granted the restoration of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to service-connected asthma, finding that the severance was improper due to a lack of proper due process.