Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cervical strain and degenerative disc disease, with weight gain as an intermediate step.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain a medical opinion addressing direct service connection, as there is no such opinion in the record.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began during active service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and persistent depressive disorder, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus as secondary to service-connected hypertension and denied a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction, while remanding claims for higher ratings and additional service connections.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to January 5, 2022 for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) disability, secondary to the service-connected rhinitis disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for OSA and an initial compensable rating for bilateral hand psoriatic arthritis due to a need for additional development.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as it is not related to the Veteran's military service, including any environmental exposures.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of sleep apnea to obtain a sufficient medical opinion regarding its etiology.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to include as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for tinnitus, increased ratings for bilateral pes planus with secondary plantar fasciitis and cervical strain with degenerative disc disease, and a TDIU. The combination of asthma and sleep apnea was found to be proper in light of CUE in the December 2013 rating decision.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, to include as secondary to a service-connected right ankle strain, due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied service connection for allergic rhinitis, GERD, hypertension, sinusitis, bilateral hearing loss, heart condition, tinnitus, and sleep apnea as there was no evidence of a current disability during the appeal period. The claim for headaches was dismissed as moot.

The appeal pertaining to a proposed reduction of the evaluation of thoracic and lumbosacral strain, degenerative disc disease, IVDS, and retrolisthesis from 20 percent to 10 percent is dismissed because it was not an adverse action.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and rating appeals to cure pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the service-connected adjustment disorder with depressed mood and mixed anxiety, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including left knee pain, right knee pain, low back pain, sleep apnea, sinusitis, and eye allergies. The initial rating for allergic rhinitis was also denied.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected pneumonia residuals, including chronic bronchitis.