Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is at least as likely as not related to adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood due to aggravation by any service-connected disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for PTSD, depression, allergic rhinitis, and obstructive sleep apnea due to a duty-to-assist error.

The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and denied a compensable disability rating for non-allergic rhinitis. The claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, migraines, right knee, left knee, low back, and right shoulder disabilities were remanded.

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

The Board denied service connection for prostatitis, bilateral foot onychomycosis and tinea pedis, and dismissed the claim for sleep apnea.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for service-connected lumbosacral strain, and entitlement to service connection for T10-11 disability (age-indeterminate compression fractures of T10 and T11) and T6-8 disability (protrusion/extrusion degeneration and narrowing), as additional evidence is needed.

The Board denied service connection for sensorineural hearing loss and remanded the remaining claims for further development.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for lumbar osteoarthritis and remanded the claims for service connection for depression, a neck disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The appeal concerning the propriety of the rating reductions for the Veteran's right distal fibula disability and tinea pedis was dismissed, while SMC based on the need for aid and attendance was granted prior to February 20, 2024.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected anxiety disorder, left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and lumbar disc disease with IVDS.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for both an earlier effective date and increased evaluation for lumbosacral spine degenerative arthritis, strain, scoliosis, and facet arthropathy, as well as a separate compensable rating for radiculopathy.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee strain and left ankle tendonitis, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding a causal connection between the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder and his sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for generalized anxiety disorder and denied service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for a cervical strain and denied increased ratings for bilateral lumbosacral disorder, left knee disability, and right knee disability.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, IVDS, radiculopathy, and bulging disc to obtain a more thorough medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for an effective date prior to September 1, 2018, for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea due to a need for a retrospective opinion regarding the date of onset.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving any reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and considering evidence of symptoms during active military service.

The Board remands the service connection claim for sleep apnea for a VA examination to determine its etiology.