Sleep apnea Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and a facial skin disorder, to include PFB, are remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and examinations.

The Board has granted service connection for OSA as secondary to the appellant's service-connected psychiatric disorders, finding that his weight gain from these conditions caused and aggravated his OSA.

The Veteran is granted service connection for tremors, migraines, facet arthropathy (claimed as back pain), sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, and sciatic nerve pain of the right lower extremity. Service connection for breathing problems, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea are denied.,The Veteran's service-connected conditions include tremors, migraines, facet arthropathy (claimed as back pain), sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, and sciatic nerve pain of the right lower extremity. Service connection for breathing problems, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea are denied.

The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and orchiectomy (testicular cancer) on the basis of exposure to burn pits during service. The Veteran's current conditions are found to be causally related to his in-service exposures.

The Board has granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for lumbosacral and cervical disabilities, as well as left hand and finger numbness. The claims are remanded due to a duty-to-assist error.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient explanation in the previous decision regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected PTSD and his sleep apnea, specifically whether PTSD caused or aggravated obesity, which is a substantial factor in causing sleep apnea.

The Board has granted effective dates of January 9, 2022 for the service connection of adjustment disorder with anxiety, bilateral pes planus, thoracic spondylosis with lumbar spine arthropathy, tinnitus, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea with hypersomnolence likely had its onset during his active duty service, and thus grants service connection for these conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis is related to his active duty service and resolving doubt in his favor.

The Board denied all claims for earlier effective dates, finding that the earliest possible effective date for service connection is April 11, 2019.

The Veteran's appeal is denied for service connection of various conditions, including vertigo. The Board found no evidence of current disabilities or functional impairment related to the claimed conditions.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's sleep apnea began during his active service and grants service connection for this condition.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in pre-decisional duty to assist, and a need for further medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is etiologically related to his active duty service.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea, finding that it is proximately due to his service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder, respiratory condition (asthma), and neuromuscular condition (myopathy). The obesity resulting from these conditions was considered an intermediate step in causing the sleep apnea.

The Board has decided to remand the claims of service connection for arthritis, right knee; lower back condition; right rib condition; and obstructive sleep apnea due to duty-to-assist errors. The AOJ is required to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.

Service connection for OSA, colon cancer, and COPD has been granted.,The Veteran's headache disorder, hypertension (pulmonary hypertension), and service connection on any other basis are remanded.

Your appeal for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea has been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew it before a decision was made.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea and whether it is secondary to his service-connected cluster headaches or meningitis.

The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the cause and aggravation of sleep apnea, specifically in relation to service-connected hypertension and prostate cancer.