Sleep apnea Board decisions

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder and unspecified depressive disorder effective March 3, 2021, and a 30 percent rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease from January 26, 2022.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection claims related to bilateral knees, bilateral feet, tinnitus, OSA, acquired psychiatric disability, and pilonidal cyst.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and remanded the claim for a respiratory disability, to include chronic bronchitis.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, specifically her persistent depressive disorder and hysterectomy.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and the Veteran's active military service.

The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, interstitial lung disease, allergic rhinitis, and chronic sinusitis. The claims for service connection were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea, GERD, and a heart disability as secondary to the Veteran's posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The claim of entitlement to a TDIU is moot.

The Board remands the claim for an addendum opinion to determine if the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea was caused by or aggravated by his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive disorder.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea to obtain a more detailed medical opinion.

The Board remands the claims for an adequate VA examination and opinion to address service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder and sleep apnea as secondary to that condition.

The Board denied an increased rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae but granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for a psychiatric disability but denied service connection for cardiac arrhythmia, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, dermatosis, and sleep apnea.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea as it needs further development, specifically an addendum medical opinion regarding whether obesity is an intermediate step between the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities and his diagnosed sleep apnea.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finding that the Veteran's PTSD aggravated his OSA.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected disabilities, including a left thigh scar, left thigh puncture wound, cluster headaches, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Veteran was granted a 10 percent disability rating for right knee subluxation effective July 27, 2023, and TDIU. An initial rating in excess of 10 percent for the same condition was denied.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, remanded the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and a higher rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's service-connected adjustment disorder with persistent mixed anxiety and depressed mood and tinnitus are but-for causes of his OSA.

The appeal for an increased rating for hypertension was dismissed, and service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was granted based on the Veteran's credible testimony that his OSA began during his service.