Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and denied increased ratings for TBI, hypertension, PTSD, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing its etiology, including whether it was caused or aggravated by a service-connected condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and peripheral vascular disease for further development, as the previous VA examinations are found to be inadequate.

The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for various joint conditions, cervical spine arthritis, lumbosacral spine arthritis, and radiculopathy of the upper extremities to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a pulmonary embolism and sleep apnea, but remanded claims for lumbar spine, cervical spine, and right lower extremity disabilities as secondary to the lumbar spine disability.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, lumbar spine disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left foot disability, and right foot disability as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings for peripheral neuropathy and obstructive sleep apnea due to a need for additional development of evidence.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, and obstructive sleep apnea but denied service connection for fatigue.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea and hypertension due to a need for a new VA opinion that adequately addresses in-service records documenting hypertrophic tonsils and medical literature discussing enlarged tonsils as a risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a disability manifested by sleep disturbances, finding no credible evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's active service.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his OSA began during active service.

The Board remands the case to secure a VA medical opinion that addresses whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is secondary to his service-connected disabilities, including degenerative disc disease and intervertebral disc syndrome of the lumbar spine, status post laminotomy and partial diskectomy; left shoulder, status post total shoulder arthroplasty; right shoulder tendonitis; radiculopathy of the left lower extremity; right lower extremity radiculopathy; left foot first and second toe numbness, status post benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor removal; and/or bipolar disorder with mixed features and ADHD in near total remission.

The Board denied ratings in excess of the current assigned ratings for cervical and lumbar spine disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease, vertigo, and anemia to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted a 40 percent rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy prior to August 22, 2024, but denied a higher rating on and after that date.

The Board remands the appeal for additional medical opinions to address whether the Veteran's service-connected schizophrenia medications caused or aggravated his sleep apnea through the intermediate step of obesity.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as the evidence did not show that it had its onset during service or was otherwise shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a recurrent lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity disability, left lower extremity disability, and sleep disability due to the need for further development of the record.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for diabetes and service connection for cataracts, hyperhidrosis, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), voiding dysfunction, and a muscle disorder, all claimed as secondary to coronary artery disease or diabetes.

The Board is remanding the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing causation and aggravation.