Sleep apnea decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and obstructive sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional errors.

The Veteran's effective date for the award of service connection for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of a creative organ was granted as October 31, 2008, but no earlier.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and gastroesophageal reflux disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a psychiatric disorder due to deficiencies in the VA examinations.

The appeal regarding the claim of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea was dismissed due to duplication with an earlier appeal.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's condition had its onset during active-duty service.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection and initial ratings for certain conditions, denied service connection for an eating disorder and a facial injury, and denied higher ratings for several musculoskeletal and respiratory conditions.

The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating for bradycardia, service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, abscess of the brain (syndrome that causes strokes with residuals manifested by scars), and hypertension due to further development needed.

The Board granted a 60 percent rating for the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with asthma disability, effective November 10, 2023.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings or service connection.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including right and left shoulder pain, nephrolithiasis, bilateral hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea, cervical spine degenerative disc disease, and upper extremity radiculopathy. The claims were not granted.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an increased disability rating in excess of 60 percent for bronchitis/asthma with sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and remanded the claim for congestive heart failure, to include valvular heart disease, heart valve replacement, and atrial fibrillation.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea and an upper respiratory disability, but denied service connection for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and special monthly compensation (SMC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s).

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's OSA had its onset during service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for lumbosacral strain, as the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the measured range of motion findings and the fact that he experiences pain during flare-ups.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for PTSD and depression, but denied service connection for DMII, hypertension, prostate cancer, sleep apnea, impotence, peripheral neuropathy, and bilateral claudication/superficial femoral artery disease.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain a new medical opinion, as the previous one is deemed inadequate.

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