Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The appeal was dismissed due to an administrative error in docketing the case.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as the evidence does not support a causal relationship between the condition and the Veteran's military service.

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

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

The veteran's appeals for service connection for lumbosacral strain, tinnitus, bilateral flat feet, and left ankle deltoid ligament sprain with instability were dismissed due to untimely Board Appeal requests.

The Board granted an effective date of April 24, 2007, for the grant of service connection for lumbosacral strain but denied earlier effective dates for right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve radiculopathy.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 40 percent for lumbosacral strain, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on either incapacitating episodes or unfavorable ankylosis.

The Board denied service connection for asthma, chronic sinusitis, recurrent bronchitis, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, myocardial infarction, sleep apnea, stroke, right ear hearing loss, and hemorrhoids. The Veteran was also denied a compensable disability rating for left ear hearing loss.

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

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing the accuracy of the May 2015 sleep study and its relation to the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran's unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress was found to more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform occupational tasks, warranting a 30 percent rating. The claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent was denied.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to March 29, 2018, for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a sleep disorder, to include obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation due to a duty to assist error.

The Board dismissed the claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings for various conditions, including left eye condition, right eye condition, hypertension, left knee, right knee, obstructive sleep apnea, and coronary artery disease (CAD), as well as denied an earlier effective date for CAD.

The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date and to obtain medical opinions on whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is secondary to his sarcoidosis, and whether his peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities are due to his service-connected sarcoidosis.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, cervical strain, and lumbosacral and thoracic strains as the evidence showed that these conditions pre-existed the Veteran's active duty and were not aggravated by it.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, and remanded the claims for erectile dysfunction and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board remands the claims for further development due to a duty to assist error in not obtaining pertinent VA treatment records from 2012-2015.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus and obstructive sleep apnea, as well as an increased rating for diabetes mellitus type II, to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection and increased rating claims, resulting in their dismissal.