Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection for hypertension and denied an increased rating for diabetes mellitus, type II. The Board remanded the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) secondary to anxiety and shoulder conditions due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The appeal for service connection for lumbosacral strain, PTSD, and a neck condition has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an initial rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), as well as a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability due to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and special monthly compensation at the housebound rate.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea based on credible lay evidence of in-service symptoms that are indicative of the onset of OSA during active service.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right ankle and left knee disabilities, but denied service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a lumbosacral spine disability for further development, including a VA examination and opinion.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II and remanded the issue of service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board remands the claims for separate entitlement to SMC-L for aid and attendance due solely to service-connected unspecified depressive disorder, claimed as anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified, with co-morbid traumatic brain injury (TBI), 100 percent schedular rating for service-connected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with bronchitis, and chronic kidney disease (also claimed as renal failure) associated with diabetes mellitus with erectile dysfunction.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to a traumatic brain injury due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring additional development including a new medical nexus opinion.

The Board denied increased ratings for loss of teeth, traumatic brain injury (TBI), headaches status post head injury, and lumbosacral strain, as well as earlier effective dates for the granted ratings.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and dismissed the appeal regarding an increased rating for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder. Other claims for service connection were denied.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as the evidence did not show a relationship between the Veteran's current disorder and his active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher or compensable ratings for the claimed conditions.

The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is aggravated by his service-connected knee strain and meniscal repair, right.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea and total disability rating based on individual unemployability from October 3, 2013 were granted.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to correct a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the October 2023 rating decision on appeal.