Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied higher ratings for lumbosacral strain, right and left arm carpal tunnel syndrome, and migraines prior to March 22, 2023, but granted a 50 percent rating for migraines effective from that date. The Board also denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for sciatic radiculopathy and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for allergies, GERD, right knee strain, anosmia, and sleep apnea to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), finding a medical nexus between the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus and his current OSA.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including respiratory issues and diabetes mellitus, due to a duty-to-assist error involving the development of evidence related to herbicide exposure.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension and sleep apnea, but remanded the claims for loss of smell and taste.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including as secondary to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), based on a medical nexus between the Veteran's current OSA and his service-connected PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a medical opinion on whether the Veteran's obesity, which is related to his service-connected conditions, caused or aggravated his OSA.

The Board remands the issues of increased disability ratings for right shoulder, cervical spine, lumbosacral strain with IVDS, and right lower extremity radiculopathy, as well as a TDIU claim, for further development.

The appeals for service connection for various conditions are dismissed due to the Veteran's death.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding it to be proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) disability, secondary to the service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by obtaining a medical opinion addressing the Veteran's assertion that his condition is related to an in-service accident.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it was caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to schedule a new VA examination, as the previous examination did not include a sleep study.

The Board granted service connection for GERD, asthma, and sleep apnea based on a direct link to the Veteran's active duty service. The increased compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied.

The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran did not timely file a Board Appeal request with respect to the rating decision issued on August 18, 2023 that denied service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for lumbosacral degenerative arthritis with IVDS, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability, due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The appeal of the proposed severance of service connection for sleep apnea syndromes is dismissed as it was not a final, appealable decision.