Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

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

The Board remands the claims for service connection for asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for further development, while granting service connection for OSA.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of July 18, 2023, for the award of a 100 percent rating for liver cancer and SMC housebound.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor based on onset during active military service.

The Board denied increased ratings for tinnitus, lumbosacral disability, and right knee disability but granted separate 10 percent ratings for instability due to an ACL tear in the knee and residuals of a right knee meniscal tear. The claims for service connection for migraine headaches and cervical spine were remanded.

The Board remands the claims for further development and evidence gathering, including obtaining complete Social Security Administration records.

The Board granted service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae and remanded the claim for obstructive sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea was dismissed due to the Veteran's failure to file a timely Notice of Disagreement and lack of valid basis for an extension.

The Board denied increased ratings for OSA and tinnitus, remanded issues related to narcolepsy, hearing loss, headaches, and TDIU, and found that the Veteran's current symptoms do not warrant a higher rating.

The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for various recurrent disabilities to allow for further development and verification of the Veteran's periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with the California Air National Guard.

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

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and service connection due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding functional ankylosis and aggravation of obstructive sleep apnea by service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for right and left ear hearing loss but denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, chronic kidney disease, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and remanded the claim for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a new VA opinion.

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

The Board remands the claim for an adequate medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and her obstructive sleep apnea.

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

The Board granted an effective date of March 22, 2017, but no earlier, for the grant of a 50 percent rating for sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, migraines, and tinnitus.