Sleep apnea decisions — 2026

The Veteran's GERD is granted with a 10 percent initial disability rating, and service connection for sleep apnea and lesions of the right hand and arm are also granted.

The Veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for his service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine with myofascial pain syndrome and femoral nerve radiculopathy of the right lower extremity were denied. The current effective date remains June 17, 2014.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected asthma.

Service connection for tinnitus is granted. Service connection for left ear hearing loss, hyperlipidemia, right ear hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea, COPD, and skin cancer are denied.,The Veteran's service records do not support the grant of service connection for any of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to a failure to provide adequate notice and assistance in scheduling VA examinations.

The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for status post right ear drum rupture has been denied. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) due to insufficient evidence.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Total Disability Rating Due to Individual Unemployability due to errors in fulfilling their duty to assist. The AOJ must obtain a VA examination, consider theories of entitlement including obesity as an intermediate step, and re-adjudicate both claims.

The appeal for a separate evaluation of multiple sclerosis separately from sleep apnea is dismissed because the July 2019 rating decision was issued under the legacy system and not an initial decision in the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) system.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed due to the withdrawal of his representative.

The Veteran's sleep apnea and bilateral hearing loss were denied service connection.,His TDIU claim was also denied as he is gainfully employed.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is related to his active duty service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and acid reflux, as well as the request for an earlier effective date for PTSD benefits, have been withdrawn by the appellant. As a result, these appeals are dismissed.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea secondary to service-connected PTSD, so the cases are dismissed.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including lumbar intervertebral disc syndrome and left lower extremity radiculopathy, result in a loss of use of both lower extremities. The Board finds that the statutory and regulatory criteria for specially adapted housing are met, thus granting the benefit.

The Board has granted service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

The appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The claims for service connection on all listed conditions are not before the Board.

The Board has granted an effective date of January 28, 2008 for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea and denied a higher initial evaluation.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected PTSD, finding that there is an approximate balance of evidence supporting this conclusion.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and back disability due to a lack of current diagnosis. The appeal is remanded as there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain a VA examination prior to the November 2024 rating decision.

The Board has denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and dismissed the claim of allergic rhinitis. The Board has remanded the issue of major depressive disorder, with anxious distress.