Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, as the March 2024 VA medical opinion did not address whether the Veteran's sleep apnea had its onset in service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and sleep apnea due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for higher ratings and earlier effective dates for various conditions, except for granting earlier effective dates for service connection of left and right shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection for various conditions, including lumbosacral strain, tinnitus, right knee disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux disease, bilateral hearing loss, sciatica and lumbar radiculopathy, sleep apnea, and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for timely filing of a Board Appeal request and dismissed the attempted appeals.

The appeal was dismissed as the Veteran's attorney withdrew the appeal and requested that the Board hearing be cancelled.

The Board denied service connection for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, enlarged prostate, and sleep apnea as the evidence did not show a relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's active military service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that there was no evidence of onset during or within a year of separation from service and no evidence linking it to any in-service injury or disease.

The Board denied a compensable rating for pseudofollicular barbae and remanded claims for service connection for hypertension, sleep apnea, and gout due to the need for further evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for migraines, chronic prostatitis and benign prostatic hypertrophy, and obstructive sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hip disability, right hand sprain, back DJD, neck DJD, bilateral knee DJD, bilateral foot pain, DM II, and OSA as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability or a nexus to service.

The Board remands the matter to obtain a medical opinion regarding the etiology of obstructive sleep apnea, specifically whether it was caused or aggravated by a service-connected psychiatric disability.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea to obtain a medical examination and nexus opinion in accordance with the PACT Act.

The Board remands the claim for a secondary service connection theory of entitlement to sleep apnea, as the VA examiner did not address whether nasal obstruction due to service-connected allergic rhinitis aggravates his OSA condition.

The Board granted service connection for COPD and remanded the claims for lumbar spine condition, OSA, TIA, and BHL.

The appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was withdrawn by the Veteran's representative.

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

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding it was not related to the Veteran's in-service toxic exposure risk activity or respiratory disabilities.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional VA treatment records from 1974 to 2023.

The appeal for entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been granted in full, and the case is dismissed as there remains no justiciable case or controversy.