Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, muscle and joint pain (to include fibromyalgia), anemia, and a bone disorder (to include blunting osteolysis) due to the lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis or a link to service.

The Board remands the case for additional procedural development, specifically to issue a Statement of the Case (SOC) addressing whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings to ensure compliance with prior remand directives, including obtaining new examinations and opinions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an addendum opinion addressing direct service connection.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss prior to June 26, 2023, and remanded the claims for service connection for various conditions including knee disorders, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, sleep disorder, psychiatric disorder, and neuropathy of multiple extremities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for asthma and obstructive sleep apnea, finding no evidence linking these conditions to her military service or any service-connected disabilities.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain and service connection for right knee osteoarthritis and left knee osteoarthritis due to inadequate medical opinions.

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

The Board remands the case for additional development, including a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's lumbosacral degenerative disc disease with spinal fusion.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected physical disabilities and granted a 40 percent rating for his lumbar spine disability prior to April 2, 2024. The decision also denied increased ratings for PTSD, radiculopathy of both lower extremities, right ankle, left ankle, and bilateral pes planus.

The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and sleep apnea as these conditions were not etiologically related to the Veteran's service, including exposure to ionizing radiation and TCE.

The Board remands the case for additional development as the prior VA medical opinions are found to be inadequate.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disability, hearing loss, OSA, heart disease, and type two diabetes mellitus.

The Board granted a 70 percent initial disability rating for PTSD, service connection for a skin rash, and TDIU, while denying increased ratings for CAD, service connection for chronic liver disease and sleep apnea.

The Board denied the claims for increased ratings and remanded additional service connection claims due to the Veteran's failure to report for VA examinations without good cause.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disability in-service or within one year of separation and no evidence linking the current condition to an event, injury, or disease incurred during active duty.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding its etiology, including whether it is related to service or his diabetes mellitus.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, to include as secondary to PTSD.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to service-connected PTSD, due to a lack of proper notification for a scheduled examination.

The Board denied service connection for a hearing loss disorder, sleep apnea disorder, and respiratory disorder (including asthma) as the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of these conditions. The claims were remanded for further development regarding increased ratings and TDIU.