Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence supports a causal relationship between the Veteran's in-service complaints and his current condition.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating for non-allergic rhinitis and service connection for COPD, sinusitis, and sleep apnea due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted an effective date of October 26, 2022, for the award of a 50 percent rating for chronic sinusitis and a 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease (DDD), but denied an earlier effective date for allergic rhinitis.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a lower back injury, while remanding the claims for an acquired psychiatric condition, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is caused or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a skin condition of the face and back due to untimely filing.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted initial ratings of 70%, 20%, and 50% for unspecified anxiety disorder, lumbosacral strain and sacroiliac sclerosis to include intervertebral disc syndrome, and migraines respectively, effective from June 1, 2021.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, to include as secondary to service-connected tinnitus or a psychiatric disorder, due to deficiencies in the evidence and need for an addendum opinion.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for voiding dysfunction, acquired psychiatric disorder including anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of sleep apnea secondary to hypertensive heart disease due to inadequate VA opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), bilateral knee disorders, peri-anal abscess, and sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding it at least as likely as not that the condition was caused by the Veteran's service-connected TBI and PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded the claims for left and right lower extremity neuropathy and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain, post-discectomy.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbosacral strain (claimed as back pain) and remanded the claims for service connection for joint pain and scoliosis.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and radiculopathy of the right upper extremity, and assigned a 50 percent rating for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with sacroiliac weakness and degenerative disc disease.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder and non-compensable ratings for residuals of fractures to the right little and ring fingers. The claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain, intervertebral disc syndrome, and degenerative disc disease was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and treatment records.

The Board granted the application to reopen a previously denied claim of service connection for residuals of lumbosacral strain, status post-operative, but denied entitlement to service connection for the same condition.