Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right knee disability, left knee disability, spine disability, and sleep apnea to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied increased ratings for tinnitus and right ankle strain with residual osteoarthritis, but remanded claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, lumbosacral strain, and associated radiculopathies due to missing private treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis, bilateral hearing loss, left and right knee disabilities, and right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve disabilities. However, the Veteran's lumbosacral strain was granted service connection.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the service-connected low back, bilateral pes planus, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, a left shoulder disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea as there was no evidence of current diagnoses at any time during the appeal period.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's obesity, a known risk factor for OSA, was caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including glaucoma, diabetes, and neuropathy, as the probative evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by active military service.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain an adequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea secondary to the Veteran's service-connected asthma with obesity as an intermediate step, but denied service connection for chronic sinusitis.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), secondary to obesity as due to his service-connected musculoskeletal disabilities.

The appeal on the claim of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed due to the Veteran's untimely filing.

The Board denied increased ratings for spondylosis of the lumbar spine and migraine headaches, granted a 50% rating for PTSD from March 3, 2019, and granted TDIU and DEA benefits from that date. Sleep apnea was remanded.

The appeal was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome, radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities, and tension headaches (including migraine headaches).

The Board granted an effective date of October 21, 2021 for service connection for IBS and GERD, cervical strain, left upper extremity radiculopathy, right wrist sprain, lumbosacral strain, right and left lower extremity sciatic and femoral radiculopathies, tinnitus, and PTSD.

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

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

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypothyroidism.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.

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