Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date, a higher rating for tinnitus, and service connection for various conditions, including knees and hips.

The Board remands the claims for service connection, an earlier effective date, and increased rating for psychiatric disorder due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the aggravation theory.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the evidence supports a link between the Veteran's current condition and his active military service.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, as there is no current disability. The issues of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine are remanded due to inadequate examination reports.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and initial ratings of 30 percent for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, migraines, and hiatal hernia with slight reflux and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) effective September 5, 2018.

The Board denied an initial increased rating above 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as the evidence did not indicate chronic respiratory failure, cor pulmonale, or requirement for tracheostomy.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), based on evidence showing that the Veteran's PTSD aggravated his OSA.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder and migraine headache disabilities, with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a new, adequate medical opinion considering the Veteran's in-service symptoms and exposure to burn pits.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of sleep apnea to obtain a medical opinion regarding its relationship to the Veteran's service-connected sinusitis, rhinitis, and asthma.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective November 8, 2021, and denied increased ratings for headaches and right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, mixed sleep apnea, and tinnitus as there was no evidence of a current disability or an in-service event, injury, or disease related to these conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea to obtain additional medical opinions.

The veteran withdrew all appeals for increased ratings of various conditions, resulting in the dismissal of all claims.

The Board dismissed the appeal for entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia due to a violation of claims-processing rules.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a lumbosacral strain, left hip disability, right hip disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxious distress, with intermittent major depressive episodes, as additional evidence needs to be considered.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain an opinion on whether it is caused or aggravated by his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the condition and her active duty service.

The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claims for service connection for a lower back strain and sleep apnea.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it was not secondary to a service-connected disability and had no relation to an in-service injury or disease.