Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for headaches and remanded the claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain (claimed as chronic pain) and nerve damage, left upper nerves.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to service-connected disabilities due to a duty to assist error regarding private treatment records and an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance and resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for the Veteran's pulmonary nodule disability and remanded claims for service connection for tinnitus and obstructive sleep apnea, secondary to tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for right ear hearing loss, left ear hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive disorder, and sleep apnea.

The appeal of the claim for service connection for sleep apnea has been withdrawn by the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and denied various rating claims, while granting an earlier effective date for left hip osteoarthritis, limitation of extension.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain a more detailed medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his OSA, including whether obesity caused or aggravated by those disabilities is a substantial factor in causing or aggravating the OSA.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's unspecified anxiety and depression disorder but granted service connection for sleep apnea, which is related to his service-connected sinusitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, as there was no evidence of a current disability related to an in-service injury or disease.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for increased ratings, and the Board dismissed all issues.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for initial ratings of hypertension and lumbosacral strain, resulting in the dismissal of these claims.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD and remanded the claims for service connection for sleep apnea, hypertension, and gout.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and he is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hidradenitis suppurativa and sleep apnea due to inadequate examinations and a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for pericarditis and remanded the claim for service connection for sleep apnea due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding an inadequate VA examination and opinion.

The Board denied service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder and obstructive sleep apnea due to the lack of evidence supporting a diagnosis of either condition.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for hypersomnia with sleep apnea to schedule a VA examination.