Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Veteran is granted a 30 percent rating for service-connected IBS and GERD, effective November 4, 2022. The claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is remanded.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a urinary condition, granted an initial 10 percent rating for posterior and anterior lumbar spine scars, and granted an initial 40 percent rating for the lumbar spine disability.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and migraine headaches, but remanded the claim for hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction and sleep apnea, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder and obesity, respectively. The Board also granted increased ratings of 30 percent for GERD with gastritis and bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), secondary to obesity caused by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it was caused by the Veteran's obesity, which in turn was a result of his service-connected major depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraines, cervical strain, and obstructive sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors in the prior VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction as secondary to OSA, a left shoulder disability, and an anxiety disorder due to insufficient medical evidence.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for anemia, liver hepatic steatosis, bilateral knee disorders, left arm numbness, and sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected tinnitus, based on a lack of evidence showing that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is due to or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, left shoulder disability, and right wrist disability due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and increased ratings, finding no evidence of entitlement to an earlier date than those assigned by the RO.

The Board granted restoration of a 50 percent evaluation for bilateral pes planus and denied increased ratings for left knee arthritis, right knee strain, varicocele, lumbosacral strain and intervertebral disc syndrome, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. Erectile dysfunction was granted service connection.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, while remanding the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to include as secondary to service-connected asthma, but denied an initial compensable rating for asthma and remanded the claim for service connection for sarcoidosis.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for PTSD, sleep apnea, and varicose veins.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for stress incontinence, vaginitis, bilateral plantar fasciitis, lumbosacral strain with mild levoscoliosis, anxiety disorder with TBI, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with patellar dislocation, and bilateral hearing loss. The claims for increased ratings were also dismissed. The Board remanded several other claims for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for GERD and service connection for OSA, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome. The claim for a higher initial disability rating for GERD was also denied.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to outstanding records of private treatment and a lack of VA medical opinions.