Sleep apnea Board decisions

The Board found no evidence of service connection for the claimed conditions and denied all claims.

The Board found that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is not related to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's TDIU and DEA claims were raised during the adjudicatory process of his underlying disability, post-discectomy and fusion of the lumbosacral spine. The effective dates for these awards are now set at August 1, 1992.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for a Travel Board hearing and issuance of an SOC regarding his claims for increased ratings for residuals of stress fracture of the right and left tibia, as well as entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for pseudofolliculitis barbae.

The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support a finding of service connection for the Veteran's back disability, including lumbosacral strain. The preponderance of the evidence does not establish a link between the current condition and active duty service.

The Board has granted service connection for PTSD and denied the remaining issues, including anosmia. The Veteran's service-connected conditions are not rated as compensable.

The Board has determined that service connection is warranted for a thoracic spine disability, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected residuals of a lipoma resection.,Service connection is also granted for sleep apnea (OSA), as it is found to be related to the Veteran's service-connected sinusitis and reactive airway disease.

The Veteran's chronic strain of the lumbosacral spine with degenerative changes of the lumbar vertebrae is rated at 10 percent, and his left knee and right knee disabilities are each rated at 10 percent. The rating for the lumbosacral spine remains unchanged from the previous decision.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain a VA Social and Industrial Survey to determine the combined effect of her service-connected disabilities on her ability to perform sedentary type of work.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the increased rating of lumbosacral spine spondylolisthesis is being remanded due to the need to obtain VA treatment records from prior to 2000.

The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's claimed conditions, including right shoulder disability, headaches, bilateral leg disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea, and depression. The decision found that new evidence did not establish a current disability for some of these claims.

The Veteran's menstrual disability and low back disability are found to be related to her active duty service. The left knee disability is rated at 10%.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's sleep apnea did not have its onset during service and is not shown to be otherwise related to service or a service-connected disability, including diabetes mellitus type II.

The Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain, right lower extremity neuropathy, and left lower extremity neuropathy are rated at the maximum available disability ratings. The Veteran is also entitled to a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining private treatment records and providing VA examinations to assess the Veteran's sleep apnea and penile pain.

The Board is remanding the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and addressing the Veteran's service connection claim for sleep apnea. The claims will be readjudicated after these actions.

The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including scheduling VA examinations and obtaining updated treatment records.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for sleep apnea was denied as there is no competent evidence linking the condition to his military service. The Board found that the Veteran did not have a current disability of sleep apnea in service or for many years thereafter.

The Board has ordered further development to determine if the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral degenerative joint and disc disease contributed substantially or materially to his cause of death, which was listed as bilateral pneumonia-mixed bacterial. The appellant argues that the Veteran's back disorder was so debilitating it aided in causing his death.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including examinations and retrieval of relevant medical records.