Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted eligibility for the direct payment of attorney fees to the appellant from benefits resulting from a 70 percent rating for panic disorder without agoraphobia and a 20 percent rating for lumbosacral strain, but denied such eligibility for pes planus and right elbow tendinitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding no evidence linking the condition to his active service.

The Board denied service connection for a headache disability and remanded the issue of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain and cervical degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease other than IVDS and spinal stenosis due to inadequate medical opinions and missing service treatment records.

The Board granted an effective date of October 21, 2021, for the grant of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, right and left lower extremity restless leg syndrome, and fatigue. The reduction of the disability rating for a migraine from 50% to 30% was found improper.

The Board denied service connection for a respiratory disorder other than obstructive sleep apnea, finding no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.

The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea was caused by or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine disability, lumbosacral strain disability, and left knee osteoarthritis disability based on new and relevant evidence received since previous denials.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding no evidence that it was caused by or aggravated by a service-connected disability.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), while remanding the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for ear cancer, face cancer, nose cancer, and a sleep disorder, to include sleep apnea, as further development is needed.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's unspecified anxiety disorder based on a positive private medical opinion.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of respiratory sleep disturbances, to include obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including memory loss, psychiatric conditions, right knee and hip issues, ankle disability, sleep apnea, renal cysts, pulmonary nodules, and dyspnea, due to missing service treatment records and the need for additional development of evidence.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it is aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder.

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, and radiculopathies, effective August 20, 2018, the day following separation from active-duty service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including as secondary to asthma, based on the Veteran's noise exposure in the Army and her service-connected asthma.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of January 5, 2016, for the grant of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for migraine headaches and remanded the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for latent tuberculosis and lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's in-service back pain and positive tuberculosis test results established a direct link to his current conditions.