Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to verify the Veteran's service at Camp Lejeune and to provide a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as depressive disorder, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss. The claims for CAD and OSA were remanded due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to the VA RO for issuance of a Statement of the Case and to provide secondary service connection nexus opinions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of sleep apnea to obtain a medical opinion addressing the Veteran's contentions regarding direct service connection and the causation prong of secondary service connection.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder and lumbar spine disability.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 12, 2015 for the award of service connection for sleep apnea but remanded issues related to a higher rating and TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as it is proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder and bilateral knee disability.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral shoulder disability, left hip disability, bilateral knee disability, and lumbosacral strain based on the evidence being at least evenly balanced as to whether these conditions had their onset in service.

The appeal of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election, while the other issues were remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that new and relevant evidence was not sufficient to establish a link between his sleep apnea and his service or any of his service-connected conditions.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

The Board denied a higher disability rating for PTSD with MDD and OSA, but granted an effective date of September 17, 2018, for the grant of TDIU and eligibility for DEA.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding a nexus between the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder and his current condition through obesity as an intermediary factor.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as correctable evidence was not obtained and VA examinations were inadequate.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) based on a credible medical opinion that the condition was aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and tinnitus.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain additional evidence regarding whether it is caused by or aggravated by a service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to address pre-decisional duty to assist errors and obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) effective April 30, 2022, as these conditions were reasonably raised during the Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for a lower back condition, OSA as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back condition, and chronic bronchitis. The claims for hip arthritis, sciatic neuritis, and unspecified persistent depressive disorder; generalized anxiety disorder were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for right and left upper extremity radiculopathy but denied increased ratings for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine and IVDS, a scar associated with it, and dismissed claims for other conditions.