Sleep apnea Board decisions

The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is rated at 40 percent, and the Board has remanded for further action.,Tinnitus was granted service connection, but the rating remains at 10 percent.,Sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, chronic neck pain, erectile dysfunction, right inguinal hernia, and an acquired psychiatric disorder are all remanded for further review.,The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is rated at 40 percent, and the Board has remanded for further action.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's sleep apnea disability. The Veteran will need a new VA examination to determine if his sleep apnea is related to service or any other condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that her OSA is not caused or aggravated by her service-connected PTSD, migraines, and/or allergic rhinitis.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for kidney failure, status-post transplant, resulting in hypertension; nail fungus of the feet and hands; peripheral neuropathy; and sleep apnea have been reopened. However, the preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's migraine headaches are not service-connected, but his obstructive sleep apnea is remanded for further review.

The Veteran's request to reopen the finally disallowed claim of service connection for sleep apnea was granted. The Board also found that the Veteran is entitled to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to his service-connected PTSD with major depressive disorder.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and review, including obtaining a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's sleep apnea and bilateral hearing loss.

The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea had its onset during service and is granted. The Board also found that the Veteran has right knee, ankle, and foot disorders, a right wrist condition (including ganglion cyst and carpal tunnel syndrome), hemorrhoids, a scar on his thigh, and residuals of skin cancer of the left cheek/nose, all related to service.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence did not support a finding of onset during active duty or causation by service-connected conditions.

The Board has granted a disability rating of 40 percent for the Veteran's lumbosacral spine disability, effective from September 15, 1999. The decision is based on severe limitation of motion of the lumbar spine.

The Veteran's current sleep apnea is related to his service, and a VA examination is needed to determine if it is at least as likely as not caused by an in-service injury or event.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including lumbosacral spine disability with associated radiculopathy, cervical spine disability with associated radiculopathy, chronic sinusitis, epigastric disability, right zygomatic arch disability, and left shoulder disability. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in service or related to service.

The Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy is rated at 40 percent since February 20, 2015. The issue of service connection for sleep apnea is remanded due to inadequate opinions in the June 2019 VA examination.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a respiratory disorder, including sleep apnea and pneumonia residuals, is being remanded due to the need for further medical examination.

The Veteran's lumbosacral strain prior to March 17, 2016 was rated at 10 percent and the Board found no evidence of more severe limitation of motion or ankylosis warranting a higher rating.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining an addendum retrospective medical opinion to assess the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis prior to November 8, 2017 and currently. The Veteran is seeking increased ratings for his low back disability.

The claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea has been reopened and remanded due to the submission of new evidence. The Board found that the Veteran's statements regarding in-service occurrences of snoring, as well as his wife's statement about him having loud and irregular breathing during sleep, raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it is less likely than not directly related to service or caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's lumbosacral strain. The claim will be reconsidered after a VA examination is conducted.