Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

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

The Board denied service connection for GERD, a left knee condition, a right knee condition, a lumbar spine condition, left lower extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy, OSA, and ED as the evidence did not show that these conditions were related to active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded one issue.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), finding that the evidence does not support a relationship between OSA and service or to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder and remanded claims for service connection for hyperlipidemia, stroke, headaches, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding its relation to the Veteran's in-service back pain.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial compensable evaluation for sleep apnea and cluster headaches due to a failure to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain an opinion on whether the OSA was aggravated by his service-connected migraine headache disorder.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased initial evaluation for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that a higher rating was not warranted.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), finding no evidence that it was incurred in or caused by his military service.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his current diagnosis first manifested during active service.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the condition began during active service.

The Board granted service connection for a skin condition based on the Veteran's Persian Gulf War service and exposure to toxic substances, while remanding other claims for further evidence.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected OSA, restored a 60 percent rating for asthma with obstructive sleep apnea, and granted a 20 percent rating for dry eye syndrome during the period on appeal from September 17, 2023, to October 11, 2024. The Board denied a higher rating for unspecified depressive disorder.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as the evidence did not support higher ratings or a grant of service connection.

The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and increased rating claims, including those related to various conditions such as right foot condition, TMJ, asthma, jawbone condition, sleep apnea, kidney stones, chronic bronchitis, Alpha gal, encephalopathy, left shoulder, left ankle, cervical spine, right hip, tachycardia, loose teeth, and jawbone condition.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and chronic headaches. The issues related to the bilateral knee, low back, foot, ankle, hand, wrist, fibromyalgia, TBI, and TDIU were remanded.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 3, 2012, for the grant of service connection for sleep apnea.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 30 percent for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, a compensable rating for allergic rhinitis, service connection for sinusitis, tension headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) also claimed as insomnia.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, a compensable rating for erectile dysfunction, and special monthly compensation (SMC) for more than one loss of use of a single creative organ. The Board remanded the claims for service connection for depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and insomnia.