Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's back condition, specifically chronic lumbosacral degenerative arthritis, based on a continuity of symptomatology since active duty.

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

The Board granted an effective date of October 25, 2021, for the award of a 20 percent rating for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis.

The Board denied an effective date prior to August 8, 2017 for the award of a 50 percent rating for service connection of sleep apnea with restrictive lung disease.

The claims for service connection for left knee arthritis, right knee arthritis, obstructive sleep apnea, and PTSD are remanded for readjudication based on new and relevant evidence.

The appeal concerning the evaluation of bilateral radiculopathy of the lower extremities and lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS) has been dismissed.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and headaches to obtain additional medical opinions, as the previous VA examinations were found inadequate.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's OSA is aggravated by her service-connected migraine headaches and to address direct service connection.

The appeal for increased ratings and proposed reductions of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, as well as the appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, were dismissed due to the lack of a final decision on these issues.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that a separate award of service connection would constitute the impermissible rating of the same disability under various diagnoses.

The Board remands the claims for further consideration due to non-compliance with previous remand instructions regarding flare-ups and functional loss.

The Board remands the case for the AOJ to provide VCAA notice and readjudicate the claim, including addressing the threshold issue of the character of the appellant's discharge.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, with obesity as an intermediate step, based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused him to become obese and that sleep apnea would not have been caused but for the obesity.

The Board granted service connection for a left hip disability, GERD, and OSA, and an initial 50 percent rating for unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and remanded the claims for a bilateral flatfoot disability, right leg condition, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for migraines, effective from November 22, 2022.

The Board granted service connection for IBS, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, GERD, sleep apnea, and back disability with a 50% rating for headaches. The claims for chronic fatigue syndrome, knee disabilities, shoulder disabilities, wrist disability, and hand disability were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, lumbosacral strain and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea as it is less likely than not caused by or related to the Veteran's active duty service.