Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the previous VA examination was found inadequate.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for eligibility for financial assistance for specially adapted housing or special home adaptation.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, considering it a medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness related to the Veteran's service in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea secondary to diabetes mellitus, an initial evaluation of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with depressed mood, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), while denying a compensable initial evaluation for headaches.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbosacral strain disability, finding that the condition is related to the appellant's active duty military service.

The appeal for increased ratings for PTSD and dysfunctional uterine bleeding with dysmenorrhea and endosalpingosis was withdrawn by the Veteran's authorized representative.

The Board denied the requests to revise a March 13, 1997 rating decision that assigned noncompensable ratings for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and lumbosacral strain on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The Board granted service connection for insomnia as secondary to PTSD and remanded the claim for a sleep disorder other than PTSD and insomnia, including OSA.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a VA medical opinion addressing whether the condition is related to the Veteran's military service on a direct basis.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a VA examination and opinion, as well as to assess any potential toxic exposure risk activities during service.

The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability and remanded the claim for sleep apnea, while dismissing the appeal regarding PTSD.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and denied increased ratings for migraines and PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as it was aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, claimed as PTSD with sleep disorder, and hypertension and sleep apnea, to include secondary to the psychiatric condition, for a VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including depressive disorder, left sciatica radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board dismissed the appeals for various conditions due to untimely filings and concurrent review requests.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding VA examination scheduling.

The Board remands the matter for an addendum opinion to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's diagnosed OSA, including whether it is related to his period of service or caused by his service-connected TMJ disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to include as secondary to a service-connected right shoulder impingement syndrome, due to an inadequate VA examination.