Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings due to the Veteran's withdrawal of several claims, with one issue remaining on appeal regarding lumbar spinal stenosis.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for asthma and remanded the claim for service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's left wrist arthritis, obstructive sleep apnea, and an initial compensable disability rating for bilateral dry eye syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for headaches, GERD, and obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his military service.

The Board granted an initial 50 percent evaluation for obstructive sleep apnea but denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection.

The Board denied several claims for increased ratings and service connection, granted a 20 percent rating for left knee instability, and remanded additional claims.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's symptoms had their onset during active service and continued to the present.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and an initial rating of 10 percent for migraine headaches, while denying increased ratings for patellofemoral pain syndrome of the right knee and lumbosacral strain.

The Board denied service connection for acid reflux and remanded the claim for sleep apnea due to insufficient evidence.

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

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

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a headache disorder, a respiratory disorder, a skin disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

The Board granted service connection for TBI and sleep apnea, and assigned a 30 percent rating for migraine headaches. The gastrointestinal disorder was dismissed, and the chronic fatigue syndrome claim was remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a compensable evaluation for his service-connected conditions, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings.

The Board denied a compensable rating for right ear hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for erectile dysfunction, sleep apnea, and COPD.

The Board granted an effective date of November 23, 2016 for the grant of service connection for lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome and spinal stenosis due to continuous pursuit of the initial claim during a COVID-19 national emergency.

The Board denied service connection for allergic rhinitis, a bilateral foot condition (pes planus and plantar fasciitis), a respiratory condition (upper respiratory infections and sinusitis), an acquired psychiatric disorder ('memory loss short term and social adjustment with anger issues lack of concentration'), and sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding its etiology, including whether it is caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected right shin splints and/or right knee strain.