Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased rating for knee disabilities, lumbar spine disability, and SMC based on aid and attendance and/or housebound criteria due to an impermissible concurrent election.

The Board granted service connection for periodic limb movement disorder and obstructive sleep apnea based on credible lay statements and medical opinions establishing onset in service and causation by service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for a headache disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to an inadequate medical opinion.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for a lower back injury and left tendinitis to ensure that the RO applies the correct standard in evaluating new and relevant evidence and provides an adequate medical opinion.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence was in an approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's PTSD caused or aggravated his OSA.

The Board granted restoration to a 30 percent rating for migraine including migraine variants and tension headaches, but denied increased ratings for other conditions.

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

The appeal for an evaluation greater than 50 percent for sleep apnea is dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.

The Board granted an effective date of March 1, 2019, but not earlier, for the award of a 50 percent disability rating for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for a back disability, finding that there was no basis for an earlier grant of benefits.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain a VA opinion addressing whether OSA is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including cervical spine, lumbar spine, radiculopathies associated with each, insomnia, rhinitis, sinusitis, bilateral knee, and right ankle disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's symptoms had their onset during his military service.

The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea for further development, including a new VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for sinusitis and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), secondary to obesity caused by service-connected disabilities, based on new evidence received after the previous denial.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board denied service connection for tendonitis and remanded claims for sleep apnea, asthma, an acquired psychiatric disorder, and a penile disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches and sleep apnea to correct an error by the AOJ, as it did not provide adequate medical examinations or obtain relevant treatment records.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, right ankle condition, back condition, and left knee condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD, service connection for vertigo and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and remanded the claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for lateral epicondylitis of the left elbow.