Sleep apnea Board decisions

The Veteran has withdrawn her appeals for service connection and higher ratings related to sleep apnea, GERD, hypothyroidism, cervical spine disc disease, and PTSD. The claims are dismissed as a result.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is related to the Veteran's service-connected other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder and obesity. The decision acknowledges that obesity was a result of his service-connected condition.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for additional development due to missing service treatment records and unattempted private medical record requests.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for sleep apnea, an acquired psychiatric disability (including PTSD), and erectile dysfunction. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during service or were related to service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for eligibility for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to his inability to use assistive devices and his functional limitations.

The Board has decided to remand several claims due to inadequate examinations and missing evidence. The Veteran's migraine headaches, cervical spine strain, lumbosacral strain, and obstructive sleep apnea are all being reviewed further.

The appeal of a rating in excess of 40 percent for residuals of lumbosacral strain is dismissed as it is subsumed by the pending legacy appeal for an increased rating for the Veteran's back disability.

The Veteran's sleep apnea disability was granted a rating of more than 50 percent from January 31, 2020 to February 7, 2021. The thoracolumbar spine disability received a 40 percent rating during the same period and the cervical spine disability was denied a higher rating. TDIU was granted effective January 31, 2020.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, to include as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim of entitlement to OSA secondary to PTSD should be remanded due to inadequate medical opinion and a failure to consider lay statements and the Veteran's medical record.

The Board has determined that the September 2020 rating decision severing service connection for lumbosacral strain was not proper and has remanded both issues of whether the September 2020 rating decision was proper, as well as the issue of entitlement to service connection for sciatica of the left leg as secondary to lumbosacral strain.

The Veteran's appeal for service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder has been dismissed because the Veteran's attorney of record withdrew his appeal.

The Veteran's appeal for an effective date earlier than August 10, 2022 for the grant of service connection for hypertension is dismissed. The claim for increased ratings for hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea are denied. A TDIU is granted.

The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the service-connected PTSD, but denied service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the service-connected PTSD.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to January 11, 2021; no single service-connected disability rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation on or after January 11, 2021.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's sleep apnea is as likely as not related to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, and thus grants the claim for service connection.

Your appeal for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been dismissed due to an administrative error in docketing.

The Veteran's claims for increased rating and service connection were denied as there was no evidence of an increase in severity or causation prior to October 14, 2020.,The Veteran did not file a formal or informal claim for sleep apnea prior to October 17, 2020.

Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include anxiety and depression is granted. Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and a right knee disability are remanded.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, back disorder, and hypertension. The Veteran's bilateral foot condition (shin splints) and vision/eye condition were not addressed in the decision.,Service connection was remanded for coronary artery disease, left leg angioplasty, right leg angioplasty, and total disability rating based on individual unemployability.