Sleep apnea decisions — 2026

The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbosacral spine disability, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between the condition and active duty service or any other factor.

The Board has granted an effective date of September 17, 2019 for the award of a TDIU and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance. The Veteran's service-connected disabilities met the schedular criteria for a TDIU as of January 31, 2018.

The Board has granted service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and denied the claims for right knee disability, erectile dysfunction, GERD, sleep apnea, and hypertension. The decision is remanded for further action on these issues.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding whether the Veteran's current conditions are aggravated by his service-connected DDD of the lumbosacral spine. The AOJ is required to obtain new medical opinions addressing this issue.

The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have any of the claimed conditions and there is no evidence linking them to his service. The claims for depression, insomnia, sleep apnea, skeletal arthritis, chronic pain, muscle spasm, left upper extremity neuropathy and nerve pain, right upper extremity neuropathy and nerve pain, left lower extremity neuropathy and nerve pain, and right lower extremity neuropathy and nerve pain are all denied.

The Board dismissed the appeals regarding service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and gastroesophageal reflux disease due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service.

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

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, but the Board has found that additional development is needed to determine if any of the claimed disabilities are related to active service.

The Board has decided to remand the cases of sleep apnea and asthma due to a failure to provide proper notice for a hearing.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea due to a lack of timely appeal and an incomplete VA Form 10182. The Board will evaluate the claim as appealed in his VA Form 10182, namely as denied in the April 2025 rating decision.

The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not preclude him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment. The Board has denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU).

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including TBI, chronic fatigue syndrome, pes planus, GERD, asthma, left hand condition, right hand condition, sleep apnea, and gout have been denied. The Board has remanded the claims for lumbosacral strain and bilateral knee strains.

The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee disability, right knee disability, lumbar spine disability, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as these issues have been addressed in a separate docket.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is found to be related to his active service, and the claim for service connection is granted.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for Obstructive Sleep Apnea is granted with an effective date of July 30, 2017.

The Veteran's initial 30 percent rating for nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) is granted. The appeal of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is dismissed, as the claim was previously adjudicated and granted in a prior decision. The left knee Baker's cyst issue remains pending and requires further action.

The Veteran's claim for TDIU was denied as the evidence did not establish that he is unable to secure or follow substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that his current condition is not etiologically related to service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that she does not have a current diagnosis of this condition and thus cannot establish service connection.

The Veteran's service connection claims for obstructive sleep apnea and sinusitis have been granted. The Board found that the evidence supports a relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.