Sleep apnea decisions — 2026

The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder is found to include sleep disturbances, which are granted as a secondary condition. The claims for sleep apnea and right big toe disability are denied. Other rating appeals are dismissed due to procedural defects.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified (grinding), left shoulder sprain, and shoulder right pain has been dismissed due to the issuance of a deferred rating decision.,The Veteran's appeal for service connection for sleep apnea, bilateral elbow pain and numbness, and bilateral hand arthritis and numbness has also been dismissed.

The Board has granted an earlier effective date of September 4, 2019 for the Veteran's scar (back surgery residuals). The remaining claims are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for heart disease, hypothyroidism, OSA, diverticulitis, and GERD was denied. The Board found no evidence of in-service exposure to herbicide agents or other risk factors that could support a grant of service connection.

The Board has remanded the claims for lower back condition, migraines, right knee condition, left knee condition, right shoulder pain, bronchitis, sleep apnea, and high blood pressure due to missing community care notes. The AOJ is instructed to make reasonable efforts to obtain these records.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations to address his claims for service connection for various conditions, including sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, heart condition, liver condition, kidney condition, lung condition, sinusitis, rhinitis, peripheral neuropathy of the hands and feet. The examinations will assess whether these conditions are related to service or other factors.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, and a respiratory condition due to insufficient evidence. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder remains denied.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is granted as secondary to his service-connected mood disorder. The issue of service connection for headaches is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is related to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD, recurrent major depressive disorder, chronic sleep impairment, pansinusitis, and allergic rhinitis.

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is secondary to his service-connected sleepwalking. The Veteran will need a new examination and opinion.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and coronary artery disease as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder, with obesity serving as an intermediary step.

The Veteran withdrew her appeals for increased ratings for asthma with obstructive sleep apnea and right knee strain with meniscus tear with baker cyst.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea began during his active-duty reserve service and has continued since, meeting the criteria for service connection.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, prostate cancer, and hypothyroidism are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for frequent skin infections, OSA, headaches, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension as secondary to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.,Service connection was not granted for any of the claimed conditions due to lack of current diagnoses or a link between active duty service and the disorders.

Service connection for PTSD, neck disability, low back disability, and right hip disability is granted.,PTSD rating increased to 70% effective April 17, 2024.

The Veteran's OSA with Asthma and Pulmonary Embolism is rated at 60 percent, effective September 25, 2023. The VA has remanded the issues of special home adaptation grant eligibility due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is granted as service connected. The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is remanded for further review.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as it was not caused by the Veteran's service, including his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Board found that there is no medical opinion supporting the Veteran's contentions and all of the medical opinions attributed the OSA to factors other than his active service, his PTSD, or Toxic Exposure Risk Activities (TERA).

The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The claims are now pending and will be reconsidered with new medical opinions addressing whether OSA is proximately caused by or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD and/or CAD.