Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for lower back disabilities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected knee instability, knee strain, ankle strain, and foot strain.

The Board dismissed the appeals for restoration of disability ratings and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding an issue related to sleep apnea.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death prior to a ruling on the extension of time for filing an appeal.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for right knee meniscal tear with shin splints, limitation of flexion; right knee meniscal tear with shin splints; right knee scars; lumbosacral strain; and bilateral pes planus.

The Board granted service connection for erectile dysfunction as secondary to the Veteran's PTSD, but remanded the claim for central sleep apnea due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the issue of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea for a VA examination to determine if the condition is related to the Veteran's service.

The Board granted the restoration of a 20 percent rating for the lumbar spine disability, finding that improvement was not shown under ordinary conditions of life and work.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected allergic rhinitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and an initial disability rating greater than 30 percent for pleural fibrosis to provide the Appellant an opportunity to further develop the evidence of record.

The appeal for service connection for OSA and DM II was dismissed, as the finding of a difference of opinion related to these issues provided in the January 18, 2023, rating decision was not an adverse action. The effective date for the grant of service connection for unspecified anxiety disorder could not be earlier than July 27, 2021, and a compensable disability rating for tinea pedis was denied.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea was withdrawn by the Veteran's representative, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is approximately balanced as to whether it was caused by active-duty service.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for asthma due to fine particulate matter exposure effective August 5, 2021, but denied the claims for service connection for asthma on a facts-found basis prior to that date, surgical menopause, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, a right shoulder disability, a right foot disability, and a right knee disability. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was also denied.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea for an adequate medical opinion addressing aggravation on a secondary basis.

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability and right elbow lateral epicondylitis based on the Veteran's combat service in Vietnam.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for OSA, obstructive lung defect and granulomatous disease to ensure a proper evaluation of the Veteran's conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, lumbosacral strain and degenerative arthritis, and right shoulder strain and degenerative arthritis as there was no evidence to support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.