Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis and remanded the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and a rating in excess of 30 percent for migraines headaches.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's OSA is at least as likely as not etiologically related to his documented snoring during service.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability and sleep apnea due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate medical opinions and unverified periods of active-duty service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for back condition, erectile dysfunction, sleep apnea (secondary to psychiatric disorder), and migraines/headaches due to a need for additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that it is proximately due to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain, painful scar status post left IHR, and left knee strain.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for depression as secondary to lumbosacral diskogenic disease and sleep apnea as secondary to hypertension due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), finding that his condition did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension as it is a chronic disease that began during active service.

The Veteran's right knee surgical scar is granted a rating of 10 percent, while the claims for an earlier effective date and service connection for a right leg length discrepancy are denied. Other claims have been remanded.

The Board denied service connection for left knee, right ankle, and left ankle disorders, as well as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and vertigo, due to a lack of evidence showing these conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted an effective date of December 28, 2020, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD and service connection for erectile dysfunction, SMC for loss of a creative organ, and pseudofolliculitis barbae with an effective date of December 14, 2021.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a new VA medical opinion that fully addresses the Veteran's possible toxic exposure and the condition on a direct basis.

The Board denied the appellant's claim for direct payment of attorney fees from past due benefits awarded in an August 2023 rating decision granting service connection for Parkinson's disease and related symptoms.

The appeal of the motion to revise an October 2020 rating decision, which assigned the effective date for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), is dismissed.

The Board denied service connection for hearing loss and tinnitus, while remanding the claims for coronary artery disease (CAD), prostate cancer, obstructive sleep apnea, cataracts, and thyroid removal due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent prior to September 22, 2020, and in excess of 50 percent thereafter for service-connected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) due to outstanding private treatment records.

The Board remands the claims for higher initial disability ratings for obstructive sleep apnea with COPD and lumbosacral strain to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left and right shoulder disabilities, and granted service connection for headaches. The claim for a bilateral eye condition was denied.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) due to toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) during the Veteran's service in Southwest Asia.