Sleep apnea — all decisions

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and sleep apnea to obtain a TERA opinion due to the Veteran's participation in a toxic exposure risk activity during his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations.

The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, finding no current disability related to the condition.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected allergic rhinitis.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.

The Board granted service connection for sleep disturbances, to include obstructive sleep apnea, as secondary to an anxiety disorder. The increased rating claim for the anxiety disorder was denied, and the heart condition claim was dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, with the exception of remanding certain issues.

The Board remands the claims for a left hip disability and sleep apnea to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for service connection of obstructive sleep apnea as it requires further development and evidence.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that it began during active service.

The Board denied service connection for various disabilities and denied higher ratings for several service-connected conditions.

The Board granted a restoration of the separate 10 percent rating for vertigo, an earlier effective date for service connection for vertigo and migraines, and a 30 percent rating for hypothyroidism with heart murmur. The decision also denied an earlier effective date for hypertension and remanded claims for obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and individual unemployability.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder with anxious distress, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, index and long finger impairment on right hand, ring finger impairment on right hand, little finger impairment on right hand, right heel calcaneal spur, left hip osteoarthritis, left knee degenerative joint disease, right knee degenerative joint disease, and left ankle degenerative arthritis.

The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for GERD, a heart condition, hypertension, a kidney condition, and obstructive sleep apnea as there is no evidence of current disabilities related to these conditions or that they are etiologically linked to the Veteran's military service.

The Board granted service connection for a back condition (diagnosed as lumbosacral strain) and tinnitus, but dismissed the claims for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and bilateral plantar fasciitis.

The Board granted service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected major depressive disorder, with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability, currently diagnosed as a lumbosacral strain with IVDS.

The veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for cirrhosis, hepatitis C, hepatocellular carcinoma, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastritis, Barrett's esophagus, and obstructive sleep apnea but dismissed the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability.

The Board granted a 20 percent rating for right leg sciatica with radiculopathy pain and paresthesia, but denied increased ratings for PTSD, lumbosacral strain, left wrist limitation of motion with ganglion cyst, and service connection for headaches, unspecified. Several issues were remanded.