Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain an adequate medical opinion, as the current evidence is insufficient to make a fully-informed decision.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the etiology of the condition, including its relation to military service and any service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hypothyroidism.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding that the evidence did not support a higher or compensable rating for any of the conditions on appeal.

The appeal of the proposed reduction in the rating for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and degenerative disc disease was dismissed as it is not a final action.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for increased ratings due to a need for additional development, including VA examinations and clarification of the Veteran's wishes regarding his claims.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the service-connected chronic sinusitis.

The Board granted service connection for coronary artery disease as secondary to sleep apnea and denied the other claims on appeal.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sleep apnea and a skin condition on jaw and left ear due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD and denied service connection for a liver condition.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected persistent depressive disorder with anxious distress.

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

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the Veteran's current low back disability had its onset during his military service with continuity of symptoms since such time.

The appeal regarding the timeliness of a notice of disagreement for TBI and sleep apnea was denied as untimely.

The Veteran was granted a 50 percent rating for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) from February 6, 2019, to June 12, 2019, but the claim for an increased rating of more than 50 percent was denied.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and left knee meniscectomy, but remanded the claims for a low back disability, right hip disability, and left hip disability.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to a current service-connected disability and resulting obesity.

The Veteran withdrew their appeal for all service connection and increased rating claims, including carpal tunnel syndrome, allergic rhinitis, bilateral hearing loss, left eye, left elbow, left hip, left shoulder, hemorrhoids, headaches, back, neck, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and prediabetes.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date prior to July 27, 2021, for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).