Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for GERD, to include as secondary to service-connected sarcoidosis, and denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and pseudofolliculitis barbae.

The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection for Parkinson's disease, cerebral infarction, atrial fibrillation, prostate cancer, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an addendum opinion that properly addresses the Veteran's theory of entitlement.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to allow for the acquisition of additional evidence, including the Veteran's service treatment records.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain a medical opinion addressing all theories of service connection, including direct and secondary service connection.

The Board remands the case for additional development to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including obtaining outstanding treatment records.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbosacral spine disability and entitlement to a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a nexus between the claimed conditions and the veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to obesity caused by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, assigning a 50 percent rating effective March 23, 2022.

The Board denied service connection for chronic granulomatous disease, costochondritis, right knee pain, migraine headaches, obstructive sleep apnea, and anxiety disability. The Board remanded the claims for a compensable evaluation for allergic rhinitis and service connection for bronchitis.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating for healed stress fracture, left third metatarsal base with neurapraxia of left anterior tibial nerve and service connection for chronic anxiety, chronic depression, diabetes, and sleep apnea due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, a left foot disability, a right foot disability, and hypertension to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the April 2023 AOJ rating decision.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain outstanding treatment records and a VA medical opinion regarding its etiology as related to a service-connected mood disorder.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee strain with mild medial laxity, with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the condition first incurred during active-duty service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings, as well as service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and tinnitus.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected anxiety.

The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as the evidence of record does not support a finding that any of these disabilities are related to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted a rating of 70 percent for major depressive disorder prior to December 11, 2023, and denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for major depressive disorder. The Board also granted service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar nerve entrapment at Guyon's canal and a lumbosacral strain, finding that both conditions were incurred during the Veteran's period of active service.