Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began during active service and continued post-service.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance as to whether it was aggravated by the service-connected deviated nasal septum.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type 2 and erectile dysfunction. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea was remanded.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's OSA had an onset during active service with continuity of symptomatology.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected plantar fasciitis and unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder.

The Board grants the appeal for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected rhinitis.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and his service or his service-connected IVDS.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to correct a duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), both as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected thoracolumbar sprain.

The appeal for service connection for sleep apnea was dismissed due to a procedural defect in the filing of the Notice of Disagreement (NOD) beyond the one-year time limit.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and his active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating and a separate compensable rating for his lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and left lower extremity radiculopathy, respectively.

The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, specifically regarding TERA development and VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for a temporomandibular joint disorder, sleep disorder (claimed as obstructive sleep apnea), lumbar spine strain, and cervical spine degenerative arthritis, all secondary to the Veteran's service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder. The claim for traumatic brain injury was denied.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disabilities, with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board remands the issues of an evaluation higher than 30 percent for bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis, as well as service connection for a lumbosacral strain and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), to correct the AOJ's error in providing notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of September 19, 2023 for the grants of service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss. The claims for other conditions were remanded for further development.

The Board granted restoration of the 20% disability rating for lumbosacral strain and the 10% disability rating for right knee instability, while denying higher ratings for other conditions.

The Board granted service connection for obsessive compulsive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder and remanded the claim for obstructive sleep apnea.