Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The appeal for service connection for hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and sleep disturbances was dismissed due to the untimely filing of a Notice of Disagreement.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to address deficiencies in the previous examination, including range of motion testing and the effects of medication.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a compensable rating for migraine-headaches to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an effective date of April 11, 2023, but no earlier, for the grant of service connection for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, femoral nerve. The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, femoral nerve.

The Board granted a 50 percent initial rating for the Veteran's sleep apnea, as it requires the use of a breathing assistance device such as a CPAP machine.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing the Veteran's theories of entitlement.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea, hypertension, and prostate cancer due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding herbicide exposure in Korea.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's current condition is not related to his in-service injury or disease and is not secondary to his service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, diabetic neuropathy, renal disease (chronic kidney disease), and sleep apnea as there is no evidence of a current disability or that these conditions are related to the Veteran's service or any service-connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, which is related to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability.

The appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left hip sacral stress fracture residuals with degenerative arthritis was dismissed due to a procedural defect, and the claims for service connection for asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder were remanded.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea was withdrawn by the Veteran, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it was caused by obesity which was in turn caused by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, high blood pressure, left knee condition, right knee condition, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and skin condition.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was dismissed because the Veteran has already been awarded service connection for OSA.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for upper respiratory infection and bilateral flatfoot due to a prohibited concurrent election, denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and denied increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and thoracic scoliosis with degenerative disc disease, right knee strain, right wrist strain, and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability but denied it for sleep apnea.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable evaluation for right hand 5th finger sprain and a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee degenerative joint disease, and remanded several service connection claims due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board restored the 40 percent rating for lumbosacral strain, effective November 1, 2023, as the reduction was not proper.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected insomnia disorder and lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, based on the aggravation of his obstructive sleep apnea due to obesity.