Sleep apnea Board decisions

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for additional medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the cases of service connection for a skin condition and sleep apnea due to insufficient development. The Veteran's skin condition claim is denied as there is no evidence linking his current diagnosis (rosacea) to his active duty service. For sleep apnea, additional medical opinions are needed to address whether it began in or is related to his military service and if it is proximately due to or aggravated by PTSD.

The Veteran's hypertension and sleep apnea have been granted service connection, with a 10% rating for hypertension.

The Board has remanded several claims, including the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and his service connection claims for low back disability, sleep apnea disability, and bilateral foot fungus disability. The AOJ must schedule new VA examinations to address these issues.

The Board has remanded the case due to conflicting medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran suffered a cerebrovascular accident or other neurologic disorder, and if so, whether it is related to his service-connected recurrent atrial fibrillation.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome as secondary to service-connected PTSD due to insufficient evidence and need for a VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether lumbosacral strain is secondary to service-connected right-fibula closed fracture and/or pes planus. The Veteran's representative raised the issue of possible secondary causation from these conditions, necessitating a new VA examination.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional development and evidence. Specifically, he needs VA examinations for his hemorrhoids and psychiatric disorders, as well as attempts at corroborating his in-service stressors.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that his contentions regarding in-service onset of symptoms were not credible and that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.

The Board has decided to remand two issues: the claim for service connection for sleep apnea and the issue regarding the severance of service connection for ischemic heart disease (IHD).

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea and whether it is secondary to his service-connected conditions. The examiner needs to review the Veteran's personnel records, service treatment records, and statements from the Veteran and his ex-wife.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a respiratory disability, finding that there was no evidence of a disease or injury in service and insufficient medical opinion to support a nexus between current symptoms and service.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea was denied as he did not have a current diagnosis of the condition and his symptoms were related to his service-connected PTSD.,For chronic diarrhea, the Veteran received a 30 percent disability rating prior to January 9, 2019, but this rating was denied after that date. The Veteran's TDIU claim was also denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including sleep apnea, left shoulder and knee disabilities, and an intestinal disability, are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations.

The Board has remanded the claims for hypertension, heart disability, hypothyroidism, bilateral lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, sleep apnea, and bilateral cataracts due to exposure to non-ionizing radiation from radar equipment. A VA examination is needed to determine if these conditions are related to service.

The Veteran's sleep apnea is related to his period of active service and has been granted.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is related to his active service.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination. The Veteran's claims of service connection for OSA, migraines secondary to tinnitus, and DMII are being reviewed.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was denied in November 2004, reopened and again denied in September 2012. The effective date of the grant of service connection is December 19, 2016.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain is being remanded due to the submission of new evidence that may affect the determination.