BVA Decisions on Sleep_Apnea

37 real Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving sleep_apnea. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

• Case 23-2226 — Unknown July 31,2024
  Rice ,through counsel,appeals a March 3,2023, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied entitlement to service connection for (1)obstructive sleep apnea (...
• Case 19-8927 — Unknown December 30,2021
  Simpson ,through counsel, appeals an August 20,2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board found no clear and unmistakable error (CUE)in an October 16,1995,VA...
• Case 17-3373 — Affirmed January 9,2019
  The Board found that service connection was not warranted because the appellant did not exhibit a bilateral hearing loss disability for VA purposes....
• Case 23-5851 — Remanded / Vacated November 27,2024
  The accompanying medical opinions concluded that the veteran's left and right foot conditions were less likely than not related to service because there was [n]o chronic evaluation...
• Case 18-4571 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed December 4,2019
  The Board also determined that new and material evidence had not been received and therefore declined to reopen previously denied claims for benefits for right ear hearing loss and...
• Case 23-2629 — Vacated / Remanded May 20,2024
  The examiner determined that the appellant's condition was less likely than not related to service and provided the following rationale: No chronic diagnosis is made for thyroidism...
• Case 24-0597 — Reversed April 29,2025
  In a July 2010 Statement of the Case (SOC),the AOJ again declined to reopen claims for service connection for a bilateral knee condition and back condition,finding no new and mater...
• Case 21-3588 — Unknown October 25,2022
  March 2021 Board Decision In the March 2021 decision on appeal,the Board noted that in September 2020,the veteran had timely appealed a September 2019 rating decision and requested...
• Case 24-4734 — Vacated / Remanded December 31,2025
  August 2018 Board Denial In August 2018,the Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and a headache disorder....
• Case 19-5987 — Affirmed October 5,2020
  Norton ,through counsel appeals a May 13, 2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen previously denie...
• Case 23-1100 — Vacated / Remanded August 29,2024
  at 703-04 (determining that a May 2021 VA medical opinion did not comply with the prior remand in part because the examiner did not address the appellant's weight changes);R....
• Case 17-0995 — Vacated / Remanded May 30,2018
  After finding that VA had satisfied its duty to assist by obtaining various post-service medical records and providing adequate examinations relevant to each disability,R....
• Case 17-1531 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 31,2018
  In addition, the Board denied entitlement to higher evaluations for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as well as entitlement to earlier effective dates for the awards...
• Case 15-0594 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed October 31,2016
  He appeals,through counsel,a December 9,2014, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that denied entitlement to service connection for right hand arthritis and determined that n...
• Case 22-1013 — Unknown February 28,2023
  The examiner therefore opined that the veteran's bilateral hand pain was less likely than not related to his in- service complaints....
• Case 22-7103 — Unknown January 31,2024
  The VA treatment provider who evaluated him submitted nexus letters dated in March 2016....
• Case 11-2903 — Affirmed August 31,2012
  However,the Board found that the Veteran's account of sustaining a back injury while diving into an artillery pit to be credible....
• Case 22-6636 — Vacated / Remanded February 21,2025
  at 920,and opined that the appellant's hypertension was not related to his sinusitis....
• Case 11-3455 — Vacated February 28,2013
  The Board found that an examination with respect to the issue of sleep apnea is not necessary, because there is no competent and credible evidence that the Veteran had sleep apnea ...
• Case 19-6325 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 30,2021
  The appellant argues that (1)VA failed to evaluate his conditions on an extraschedular basis;(2)VA failed to consider his headaches condition in relation to his 1999 application fo...
• Case 14-1940 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed September 22,2015
  In July 2007,the Board denied a higher initial disability evaluation for right CTS but remanded the cervical strain and onychomycosis claims for additional development in complianc...
• Case 21-5985 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed November 28,2022
  First,the Board determined that the December 2011 rating decision that denied entitlement to benefits for bilateral flat feet was final because the appellant had not appealed it....
• Case 20-4067 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed May 5,2022
  In October 2006,the Board denied entitlement to higher disability ratings for the appellant's right shoulder disabilities....
• Case 19-2158 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed June 29,2020
  To the extent that the Board denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than February 4,2007,for the 50%rating for PTSD,the appellant raises no arguments challenging that deci...
• Case 23-1474 — Vacated / Remanded June 18,2024
  Accordingly,the Board determined that a new medical examination was necessary to clarify any chronic lymphatic disorder present during the appellate time period and its relationshi...
• Case 11-0200 — Affirmed / Remanded May 17,2012
  First,she asserts that the Board erred in failing to award her a disability rating in excess of 10%for her hemorrhoid and lumbar spine claims....
• Case 24-3612 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded May 30,2025
  In the April 16,2024,decision on appeal,the Board denied the veteran's claims....
• Case 14-2952 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded July 23,2015
  For the reasons that follow, the Court will vacate the Board's June 2014 decision denying entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea to the extent that the Board did not add...
• Case 10-2421 — Affirmed February 8,2012
  Gill had not submitted new and material evidence with regard to his claim for benefits for tinnitus and therefore declining to reopen that claim....
• Case 23-1785 — Remanded May 31,2024
  The parties specified that the veteran reported to the June 2011 examiner that he wakes up gasping for air and that his spouse has witnessed him stop breathing in his sleep since s...
• Case 24-0585 — Unknown January 22,2025
  November 2023 Board Decision In the November 2023 decision on appeal,the Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability,finding that it did not manifest in service o...
• Case 21-5184 — Affirmed August 22,2022
  In July 2011,the appellant underwent a VA peripheral nerves examination;the examiner diagnosed lumbar degenerative disc disease with right lower extremity sciatica and opined that ...
• Case 24-3854 — Unknown September 23,2025
  February 2024 Board Decision In the February 2024 decision on appeal, the Board denied service connection for a right ankle condition....
• Case 21-3782 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded November 8,2022
  Service Connection for Sinusitis In the decision on appeal, the Board denied service connection for sinusitis because the preponderance of the evidence was against finding that the...
• Case 13-2352 — Affirmed December 22,2014
  The appellant appealed this denial to the Board and,in March 2003,the Board denied entitlement to disability compensation for sleep apnea and a disability manifested by generalized...
• Case 20-4401 — Reversed / Remanded / Vacated March 18,2022
  7 The Secretary concedes that the Board failed to adequately support its decision because it did not reconcile conflicting evidence about whether appellant suffered additional disa...
• Case 20-3713 — Remanded / Vacated September 30,2021
  It also failed to ensure VA met its duty to assist the veteran in obtaining a VA medical examination....