Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for higher initial evaluations of the Veteran's service-connected back and left hip disabilities due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hearing loss, but remanded the claim for sleep apnea for further development.

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine degenerative changes, left foot degenerative changes, and obstructive sleep apnea on a direct basis. The issues of entitlement to service connection for a lumbar spine disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and thyroid disability were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee total knee replacement and unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 6, 2021, for the award of service connection for sleep apnea and a finding of total disability based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for medial epicondylitis of the left elbow and sleep apnea, but granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder as secondary to a service-connected disability.

The Board denied increased ratings for several conditions, granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD and effective dates from July 15, 2020, for TDIU and DEA benefits, but denied earlier effective dates.

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

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions, including posttraumatic stress disorder with alcohol use disorder in sustained remission, thoracolumbar strain, left knee chondromalacia patella, right knee chondromalacia patella with surgery, and left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain and fracture.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an acquired psychiatric disorder to correct duty-to-assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, anxiety, migraines, and obstructive sleep apnea due to a need for further development of the record.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to tinnitus and migraines due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and restored the 10% rating for a right knee disability, while denying increased ratings for various other conditions. The Board also remanded claims for service connection of right foot pain, numbness, and muscle fatigue.

The Board remands the case for an adequate VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea had its onset during, was caused by, or is otherwise related to active service, including exposure to burn pits.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain and an effective date earlier than January 5, 2022, for the grant of service connection.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to perform additional development under the PACT Act.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it is caused by obesity which was in turn caused by the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

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

The Board granted an initial disability rating of 10 percent for hypertension and denied a higher rating, while remanding several service connection claims.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) but denied it for sinusitis. The remaining claims were remanded.