Sleep apnea Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence in some cases, requiring further examination and medical opinions.

The Veteran's service connection claim for obstructive sleep apnea is denied as the evidence does not support a finding that his condition first manifested in or is otherwise due to his active service.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is not related to his active-duty service and the claim for service connection has been denied.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error, requiring VA examinations and medical opinions.

The Veteran's low back disability was granted an increased rating of 40 percent, but no higher. The initial ratings for LLE and RLE sciatic radiculopathy were denied.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, chronic cough due to undiagnosed illness, alternating constipation and diarrhea due to undiagnosed illness, and left arm rash due to undiagnosed illness.,Service connection is presumed based on the Veteran's service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.

The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, OSA, hypertension, and a back disability have been denied. The case is being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the onset of these conditions.,Service connection has not been established for bilateral hearing loss or tinnitus as they are not related to service.

The Board denied service connection for bowel incontinence and a compensable rating for lumbar scar, but granted restoration of the Veteran's 20 percent disability rating for his lumbosacral strain.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's Obstructive Sleep Apnea is related to his active duty service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's sleep apnea and its relation to his service-connected conditions, as well as exposure to fumes and chemicals during his military service.

The Board has granted readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for OSA and has also granted entitlement to service connection for OSA as secondary to service-connected disabilities with obesity as an intermediary step. The evidence supports that the Veteran's PTSD, orthopedic conditions, and obesity have caused his OSA.

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

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to errors in determining his qualifying service periods and a lack of VA examination regarding his lower back symptoms.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, a lower back condition, and right side sciatica (claimed as secondary to the claimed lower back condition) are being remanded due to procedural errors in obtaining medical opinions and verifying STRs.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is caused by his obesity, which was caused by his service connected hyperthyroidism. The Board has granted the claim for service connection on a secondary basis.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's current condition had its onset during active duty and is related to his military service.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of September 29, 2011 for the award of service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is granted. The issues of entitlement to increased initial rating for OSA and TDIU are remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral pes planus. The issue of service connection for sleep apnea, to include as secondary to service-connected PTSD, is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's low back condition as aggravated by his service-connected left knee and ankle disabilities.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is not related to his military service, and the Board denied both direct service connection and secondary service connection.