Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, a back disability, bilateral upper and lower extremity nerve disabilities, chronic fatigue syndrome, and GERD as there was no evidence of a current disability or a nexus to service.

The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and generalized anxiety disorder, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) based on a finding that the Veteran's OSA was caused or aggravated by his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II and related conditions due to a late filing of the appeal.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and remanded claims for facial scars, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left knee disability, and right knee disability.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is granted, while a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus is denied. Several service connection claims are remanded.

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

The Board remands the claims for initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain and lower extremity radiculopathies to ensure a complete record is available.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, sinusitis, and sleep apnea but granted service connection for bilateral ankle strain and bilateral knee strain. The claims for increased ratings were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's sleep apnea had onset in service.

The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine condition and dismissed the claim for PTSD, while denying claims for radiculopathy of the right upper extremity, TBI rating increase, status post right knee meniscectomy rating increase, and scar rating.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as remanded several service connection claims.

The appeal for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for the appellant's service-connected conditions was withdrawn, and no disability ratings were assigned.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and sleep apnea based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded both claims for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea, finding that September 6, 2023, is the proper effective date.

The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and allergic rhinitis, granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, and denied an initial compensable rating for tension headaches. The claim for erectile dysfunction was remanded.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for sleep apnea due to duty-to-assist errors, including missing medical records and an inadequate private examination report.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, sleep apnea, cervical spine (neck) disability, lumbar spine (back) disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and erectile dysfunction. The appeal was dismissed for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder due to the grant of an unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for asthma and obstructive sleep apnea, as the evidence did not support a rating higher than 60 percent.