Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed claims for diverticulitis, hiatal hernia, right ankle disability, and left finger scar. Claims for left ankle disability and acquired psychiatric disorder were denied. Other conditions were remanded.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) but remanded the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

The Board remanded all issues to the Regional Office for further development of evidence and a new decision.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection of sleep apnea as secondary to HIV-related illness due to inadequate medical opinions. The Veteran will receive a new examination.

The appeal was dismissed because the veteran did not file a timely notice of disagreement and good cause for the late filing was not shown.

The Board remanded the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain adequate medical opinions, including those related to secondary service connection and toxic exposure risk activities under the PACT Act.

The Board denied the veteran's request for an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for obstructive sleep apnea. The decision was based on the lack of evidence showing chronic respiratory failure, carbon dioxide retention, cor pulmonale, or the need for a tracheostomy.

Service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine, right hip disorder, and left hip disorder is granted. The claims for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and an acquired psychiatric disorder are remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's requests for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for his wrist disability. The claims for service connection for sleep apnea, psychiatric disorder, back disability, and foot disability were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding it was not caused or aggravated by any service-connected disability.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) based on a secondary theory, linking it to the veteran's service-connected right ankle disability through obesity.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbosacral strain and knee limitations, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea because the evidence shows it began many years after service and is not related to military duties.

The veteran is granted an effective date of November 1, 2008 for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.

The veteran's claim for PTSD was dismissed because it had already been granted. Claims for OSA, left foot condition, and right foot condition were denied due to lack of evidence. The claim for tinnitus was remanded for further examination.

The appeals for service connection of GERD, CFS, and sleep apnea were dismissed because the February 2023 letter was not an adjudicatory action.

The veteran is granted a 40% rating for their bladder condition. The claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is remanded for further evaluation.

The veteran's claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been granted. The Board found that the OSA had its onset during active duty service.

The Board remanded the case to correct errors in the duty to assist and to obtain adequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

The Board granted service connection for the veteran's sleep apnea, finding that it is at least as likely as not proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorders.