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fedtech

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  1. I went and had a sleep test done and the results showed I stopped breathing 103 times an hour for a durration of 15-27 seconds. If you figure that up I don't breath about 36 minutes an hour. My oxygeon level drops down in the 70's. The Army came out with a regulation in AUG 2003 and said if you have sleep apnea and it could not be corrected you would get a medical discharge. The National Guard discharged me due to that and as a result since I was a Full Time Federal Technician for the National Guard the Federal Employee Branch put me out on a disability retirement. I am drawing a monthly retirement from the Federal Branch for disability. I had 22 1/2 years time since I bought back my Marine Corps time. I had 27 years military service in the Marine Corps and National Guard. Monday though Friday I wore the uniform and worked for the Indiana National Guard. On weekends I was a traditional Soldier So I had two incomes. The VA says i am not disabled. I have been fighting them for over four years now. They say even tough I might have worked full time Mon-Fri as a Technician I was only in the service 39 days a year and the Sleep Apnea is not service related. The stipulation on my Tech job was that I had to be affiliated with the National Guard and when they kicked me out I lost my job. I asked the VA to write me a note and tell the Federal Government I was not disabled and let me go back to work. They didn't see the humor in that. The Tech job for the Electronics slot is only paying $28 an hour. The Fedearl Technician Branch say I am disabled and paying me a disability retirement, the National Guard discharged me because of Sleep Apnea. The VA says I am not Service Connected. Two agencies against one and I am in the middle. How can I show a Service Connnection. I served the Government in uniform for 27 years. It is in my Medical Records about the test results. I have the letters from the Military Dept of Indiana Medical Branch showing I have Sleep Apnea and discharged me. Somewhere in the 27 years I belonged to them I got Sleep Apnea. How can I get the VA to pay? I also have Acute Achillius Tendonitus in both ankles from either preparation for or running the APFT each year. It was in my annual medical records. I can't even climb a ladder or go up several fights of stairs without my ankles hurting the next day. The VA said it is not Service Related. I don't know of anyone that could go out and just run an APFT each year and not prepare for it. The VA say that is not Service Connected. I was expected to be ready each drill weekend and do my job according to Army Regulations. If they say I was only in the Military 39 days a year that doesn't make sense to me. My hair grew between drills and I had to get it cut before each drill to meet regulations, wouldn't jogging be the same in preparation for a APFT be the same? I had to maintian some sort of fitness Does anyone have any ides on how to connect these to service Thanks FEDTECH
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