Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and hypertension was dismissed, while the claims for chronic fatigue syndrome, bilateral pes planus, left foot cuts, right foot cuts, fibromyalgia, left knee osteoarthritis, a right knee disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for chest pain, to include hypertensive heart disease, and denied an initial compensable disability rating for hypertension. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed as untimely.

The Board granted an effective date of January 29, 2021, for the award of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and a compensable evaluation for tinea pedis. The claims for service connection for a bilateral ear disability, right ankle disability, and right tibia/fibula disability were remanded.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, claimed as secondary to a service-connected unspecified depressive disorder, due to an incomplete medical opinion addressing aggravation.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as it was caused by weight gain from the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle disability and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative arthritis of the spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, and bilateral knee degenerative joint disease.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus and denied earlier effective dates for increased ratings and special monthly compensation claims.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and lumbosacral strain were denied due to his failure to attend scheduled VA examinations without providing good cause.

The Board granted a 40% rating for left lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy prior to October 15, 2019 and a 30% rating for right and left lower extremity femoral nerve radiculopathy prior to the same date. The other claims were denied.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding it was caused by the Veteran's service-connected type II diabetes mellitus and/or PTSD.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing direct and secondary theories of entitlement.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and sleep disturbances to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a new opinion on secondary and aggravation theories.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims for further development.