Sleep apnea Board decisions

The Veteran's claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea was dismissed due to his withdrawal. The Board also remanded the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability and a lumbar strain.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion and need for additional evidence, including a new VA examination.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to December 7, 2011.

The Board has granted service connection for paranoid schizophrenia but has remanded the case to determine if sleep apnea is related to service.

The Board has denied the Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, back disorder, neck disorder, left knee disorder, left leg disorder, sleep apnea, and genitourinary disorder as there is no evidence of a current disability or a relationship to service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's OSA became manifest during his service and granted service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's lung disorder, asthma, and sleep apnea claims are granted. The remaining issues of service connection for bilateral ankle, shoulder, hip, and leg disorders are denied.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied as his conditions did not meet the criteria for higher disability ratings under applicable VA regulations.

The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination, as well as to consider service connection for various disabilities.

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that it is at least as likely as not that the condition had its onset during service. Service connection was denied for bursitis of the shoulders.

The Veteran's low back condition, bilateral pes planus, and sleep apnea have been granted service connection.,Service connection for numbness and tingling of the left leg and right leg, as well as degenerative joint disease in both feet, is being remanded for further examination.

The Veteran's lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis of the spine is granted service connection, while his bilateral hearing loss appeal is dismissed.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for left knee disability, right wrist disability, and sleep apnea due to a procedural error in activating his appeal under the modernized review system.

The Veteran's bilateral knee and foot disabilities are remanded for further development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions. The Veteran's sleep apnea is also remanded with similar considerations.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome was reopened and granted. The claim for obstructive sleep apnea was denied.

The Board has dismissed the claims of service connection for left knee pain and right knee pain. The claim for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is remanded.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension, finding that these conditions are a result of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The claims were remanded for rating decisions on other conditions.

Service connection is granted for a neurological disability, specifically radiculopathy, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected DDD of the lower back.,Service connection is granted for depression. The evidence is at least in equipoise that it began during active duty service.

The Board has remanded the case due to an inextricably intertwined issue of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, and will now consider the claim for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development regarding service connection for sleep apnea with hypoxia, as well as the initial rating for hypertension and service connection for diverticulosis (claimed as diverticulitis) and diabetes mellitus.