Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the matter to obtain an addendum medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea.

The appeals for restoration of ratings and for a higher disability rating were dismissed as the April 2025 rating decision did not make final decisions on these issues.

The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea based on new and relevant evidence.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a low back disability, residuals of a right foot injury, sinusitis, shortness of breath, allergic rhinitis, and sleep apnea as there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for a back condition (diagnosed as lumbosacral strain) and tinnitus, but dismissed the claims for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to ensure that due process is followed and there is a complete record upon which to decide the Veteran's claim.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded the claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic.

The appeal of the proposed reduction in the Veteran's rating for a lumbosacral sprain is dismissed as it was not a final adjudicative decision.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an addendum opinion addressing direct service connection and secondary service connection due to temporomandibular joint dysfunction.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, hypertension, and hypertensive kidney disease due to duty to assist errors in not obtaining outstanding VA treatment records and inadequate medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorders, lumbar and cervical spine disabilities, bilateral radiculopathy of the upper extremities, and bilateral radiculopathy and neuropathy of the lower extremities.

The Board granted an effective date of September 23, 2021 for the award of service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board granted initial disability ratings of 40 percent for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, a 20 percent rating for lumbar spine disability, denied an increased rating for obstructive sleep apnea with asthma, granted TDIU from May 7, 2021, and SMC from September 10, 2021.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, finding no current disability related to the condition.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's back injury, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, with the exception of remanding certain issues.

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

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, currently diagnosed as a lumbosacral strain with IVDS.