Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea based on the Veteran's in-service symptoms and a medical opinion linking his condition to his military service.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and right knee disability.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a more adequate medical opinion and address potential aggravation by service-connected conditions and toxic exposure risk activities.

The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and alcoholism, as well as denied an increased disability evaluation for sinusitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an earlier effective date, as well as a compensable rating for hearing loss.

The appeal for service connection for erectile dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome, and sleep apnea has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and erectile dysfunction, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and increased rating claims.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and migraines as there is no evidence of a current disability, an in-service occurrence of the conditions, or a nexus between the claimed disabilities and active duty.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to remedy pre-decisional duty to assist errors, which are favorable to the Veteran.

The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for obstructive sleep apnea with asthma and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and a sleep disorder other than obstructive sleep apnea due to insufficient evidence of a medical nexus between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's service.

The Board remands the appeal to correct an error in satisfying its duties under 38 U.S.C. § 5103A, specifically related to the preparation of an Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER) and obtaining adequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea, including as secondary to service-connected hypertension, due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma and stressor disorder, but denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for the psychiatric disorder.

The Board granted an effective date of October 1, 1993, for the grant of service connection for sleep apnea and April 10, 2006, for the grant of service connection for a lumbar disability. The claim for an earlier effective date prior to January 23, 2019, for the grant of service connection for mitral regurgitation was denied.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error in terms of obtaining a toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) medical examination and corresponding opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and hypertension to obtain additional medical opinions addressing the relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease.