Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis and sleep apnea, and remanded claims for hypertension, erectile dysfunction, digestive disorder, and tinnitus due to insufficient evidence.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to cure pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for headaches and an earlier effective date of April 6, 2022, but no earlier, for the grant of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), arteriosclerotic heart disease (coronary artery disease), and heart attack due to a need for additional medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for chronic allergic rhinitis and an initial rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for obstructive sleep apnea. The claims for service connection for sinusitis, migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, and left knee strain were denied or remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain an adequate VA medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, bilateral degenerative joint disease of the knees, right ankle disability, and bilateral pes planus.

The Board remands the matter for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's sleep apnea is caused or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD and to consider toxic exposure risk activities under the PACT Act.

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

The Board granted service connection for anxiety, depression, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, right knee condition, left knee condition, and headaches based on the Veteran's in-service symptoms and continuous post-service symptoms.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) secondary to a service-connected acquired psych disability based on the weight of the evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypotension and obstructive sleep apnea due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology related to in-service toxic exposure.

The Board remands the claim for an adequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's OSA, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability with obesity as an intermediate step.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and rating issues, thus dismissing the entire appeal.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for eczema and sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and remanded the issue of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including as secondary to a service-connected condition.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an increased disability rating for a thoracic spine condition.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it was caused and worsened by the Veteran's service-connected PTSD.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral foot condition, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is proximately due to his service-connected bilateral foot condition.

The Board remands the case to obtain proper medical opinions regarding whether obesity is an intermediary step between the Veteran's PTSD and sleep apnea, and whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is secondary to her GERD, rhinitis, and sinusitis.