Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and obstructive sleep apnea as additional development is required to obtain a complete copy of the Veteran's service records, and to provide adequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to inadequate VA examination opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for lumbar spine, right knee, and left knee disabilities.

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

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and status post left shoulder surgeries, but denied service connection for lumbosacral strain, sciatic pain in the right leg, sciatic pain in the left leg, right big toe pain, and a right upper extremity disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and an initial compensable disability rating due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including the need for VA examinations.

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

The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for left and right lower extremity varicose veins, depression, OSA, and headaches, but denied service connection for left and right arm chronic venous insufficiency. The increased rating claim for headaches was dismissed.

The Board denied an effective date prior to July 18, 2022, for the grant of service connection for lumbosacral strain.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea based on the Veteran's lay statements and a positive nexus opinion from an August 2024 VA examination.

The Board denied an increased initial disability rating for PTSD and service connection for sleep apnea, but granted service connection for irritable bowel syndrome.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of a recurrent sleep disability to include obstructive sleep apnea as further evidence is needed.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding no evidence that the condition was related to his active military service.

The Board remands the claim for a back condition to be addressed with a new, adequate medical opinion.

The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities and denied an increased rating for central sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including radical cystectomy residuals with colonic pouch, ventral hernia, hypertension, and others, as the evidence did not corroborate the Veteran's reported exposure to Agent Orange or asbestos during service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding no evidence of a causal relationship between the condition and his active service.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for bilateral hand, hip, knee, and lumbosacral arthritis to provide further development.

The Board denied service connection for dry eye syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea as they were not incurred in or related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus and dismissed the claim for service connection for right knee degenerative joint disease. The claims for service connection for acquired psychiatric disability, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, headache disability, and obstructive sleep apnea were remanded.