Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted an effective date of April 16, 2021, for the award of a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU), special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria (SMC-HB), and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) based on permanent and total disability status.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's OSA had onset in service.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral eye disability but granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea on a basis other than the PACT Act, and remanded several other claims.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, right knee condition, and left knee condition as there was not substantial compliance with a previous remand directive.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, a neck condition, and an acquired psychiatric condition due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for sleep apnea and a rating higher than 10 percent for a left foot corn of the 2nd toe for additional development.

The appeal for service connection for various conditions was dismissed as there was no decision in the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) system to appeal at the time of the request.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment, as well as a certificate of eligibility for specially adapted housing (SAH), due to the lack of evidence showing permanent loss of use of any extremities or hands.

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

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as it is proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected insomnia.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to a service-connected deviated nasal septum, but denied a compensable rating for hemorrhoids.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder (MDD) with insomnia, but denied service connection for hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea. The claim for erectile dysfunction was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is caused or aggravated by his service-connected allergic rhinitis.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as it was not shown to be related to the Veteran's service or a service-connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected persistent depressive disorder. SMC was also granted based on loss of use of a creative organ.

The appeals for service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction were dismissed due to a procedural defect, while the appeal for sleep apnea syndrome was remanded for further evidence.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea with restrictive airway disease, as it was granted under the PACT Act and thus is entitled to an August 10, 2022 effective date.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for sleep apnea and an ulcer on the right foot was withdrawn before a decision could be made, leading to the dismissal of both claims.

The Board granted an initial increased rating of 100 percent for depressive disorder with anxiety and a 50 percent rating for migraines, while denying increased ratings for rhinitis and sleep apnea. The appeal was dismissed for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine and right lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding the evidence to be in approximate balance as to whether the condition began during active service.