Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and assigned a rating of 70 percent for major depressive disorder, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to the service-connected MDD. Special monthly compensation at the housebound rate was also granted effective October 21, 2022.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for beta thalassemia with retinal hemorrhage and sleep apnea to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted a 20 percent disability rating for the back disability prior to April 13, 2017, and a 40 percent rating from August 2, 2019, to December 30, 2019, but denied higher ratings in other periods. The Board also remanded several service connection claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a sleep disorder, cervical spine disability, low back disability, left thumb disability, right leg disability, and left ankle disability, to ensure that there is a complete record upon which to decide the Veteran's claims.

The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to properly assess the severity of the knee and back disabilities during flare-ups and after repeated use over time.

The Board remands the matter to obtain a medical opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's skin disability treated with permethrin and noted as rosacea with demodex mites.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, headache disorder, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea to obtain additional evidence regarding the Veteran's exposure to toxic or environmental hazards during service.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various disorders, including shoulder, elbow, wrist, low back, knee, neuropathy, sleep apnea, heart, colon resection, skin cancer, and diabetes mellitus, due to inadequate VA examinations that did not address all relevant evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain additional medical opinions that address the Veteran's in-service upper respiratory infections and exposure to jet fuel and diesel fumes.

The Board granted service connection for right and left ear hearing loss, but denied service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and diabetes mellitus, type II, to obtain an opinion that considers whether the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric and/or back disabilities caused or aggravated his obesity, and if so, whether such resulting obesity was a substantial factor in causing or aggravating his OSA and/or diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to service connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with obsessive compulsive disorder.

The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining additional medical evidence and service records.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a kidney disease, finding no evidence linking his current condition to his military service or exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The claims for obstructive sleep apnea, upper respiratory disability, and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura were remanded for further development.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for his surgical scar associated with right inguinal hernia repair, an increased rating for residuals of right inguinal hernia repair, and service connection for GERD. The claim for secondary obstructive sleep apnea was remanded.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for anxiety, depression, insomnia and sleep apnea as a new VA examination is necessary to assist in determining the nature and etiology of these claimed conditions.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD with unspecified major depressive disorder, alcohol use disorder and an effective date prior to March 7, 2022, for the 70 percent rating currently assigned.

The Board denied increased ratings for chronic lumbosacral strain, irritable bowel syndrome, PTSD with alcohol and cannabis use disorder, right knee degenerative joint disease, and right lower extremity scar. However, service connection was granted for asthma.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the condition and the Veteran's service or his service-connected disabilities.