Sleep apnea Board decisions

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and obstructive sleep apnea are all granted as service-connected.,Service connection for arthritis of the hands and knees is denied.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disability, including as due to an undiagnosed illness.,The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including as due to an undiagnosed illness.,The Board denied service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome, including as due to an undiagnosed illness or in-service immunizations.,The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, including as due to an undiagnosed illness or in-service immunizations.,The Board denied service connection for esophageal fungal infection.

The Veteran's request to reopen service connection for several conditions, including GERD, was granted. The right heel spur rating is also increased.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating have been denied. The Board has remanded several issues, including those related to sleep apnea, shoulder conditions, glaucoma, prostate condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board has decided to remand the cases of GERD and sleep apnea for further development, including VA examinations.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate opinions regarding whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is related to service or aggravated by his service-connected anxiety disorder and insomnia.

The Veteran's service connection claims for low back disorder, left ear hearing loss, tinnitus, right ear hearing loss, sleep apnea, and headaches have been reopened. However, the Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen these claims.,The Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than August 29, 2014, for the award of a 50% rating for other specified trauma related disorder with major depressive disorder and history of PTSD is dismissed.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder is rated as 30 percent disabling. The Board denied a higher rating due to occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to perform tasks.,Service connection for the right shoulder disability, lumbar spine disability, and left foot disability was not granted because new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.,The Veteran's sleep apnea is not causally related to his military service. Service connection for migraines was also denied due to lack of causal relationship with military service.,,,

The Veteran's appeal of the increased rating for PTSD is dismissed. The issue of service connection for hypertension, secondary to service-connected disabilities, is remanded.

The Veteran is unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, sleep apnea, patellofemoral pain syndrome of the knees, and gastritis. The Board has granted entitlement to TDIU based on this evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to his death.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of an objective medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's sleep apnea is related to his military service. The case will be sent back for a VA examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to the need for an additional medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused him to become obese, which in turn may have contributed to his sleep apnea.

The Veteran's claims for right thumb sprain, COPD, and flatfeet have been denied as there is no current evidence of these conditions.,Sleep apnea, right knee instability (post-meniscectomy), right knee degenerative arthritis (post-meniscectomy), and left knee tendinitis are remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and evaluation.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's current low back disability, including degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine and lumbar radiculopathy, is related to service. As a result, the claim for service connection for this condition is granted.

The Board has determined that additional development is necessary before the claims for service connection can be adjudicated on the merits. This includes obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling examinations to determine the etiology of the Veteran's claimed disabilities.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to new and material evidence, as well as other issues related to his PTSD claim. The VA is instructed to obtain all relevant records, including SSA records, and schedule a VA psychiatric examination.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding both direct service connection and secondary service connection for obstructive sleep apnea. The Veteran's symptoms of loud snoring during basic training are noted, but an addendum opinion is needed to address these issues.

The appeals for service connection of bilateral tinnitus, hypertension, anxiety disorder, depression, and migraine headaches have been dismissed.,The appeal for an increased rating for the service-connected mood disorder as secondary to degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine has been remanded.

The Veteran's sleep apnea was first diagnosed in service and is considered to have been present since then, warranting service connection.