Fat Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 My gym buddy was recently service connected for Sinusitis at 10%. He was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea back in 2008. The sleep apnea is not service connected. He now wants to get the Sleep Apnea service connected secondarily to the Sinusitis. Can he get the Sleep Apnea secondarily connected even though it was diagnosed before the Sinusitis. ALL COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gastone Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Not likely, chicken egg deal. SA DX, way precedes resent Sinus SC, reverse Nexus, don't think so. What does he have, but time. to lose. When in doubt, let the Rater make the call. The Denial letter would tell him why and what Evidence would be necessary for an SC. He'd be no better or worse off than had he not filed the claim. Wants and Feelings, don't get SC's Awarded. What in service event or DX got the recent Sinus SC, could it have actually been linked to the 2012 SA DX? Need to see his Claim and award letter as well as the SA DX, redacted of course. Semper Fi toddt and rwskitch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Fat Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 I don't understand your logic Gastone. The guy was diagnosed with sleep apnea in 2008 by a private physician. He was recently service connected for sinusitis in 2016. He was told by a physician the service connected sinusitis could possibly be the reason for sleep apnea. I'm only asking because the sleep apnea was diagnosed back in 2008 before the sinusitis was service connected . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andyman73 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Fat, Your gym buddy can check his STR/SMRs for treatment dates of sinusitis. That would at least give a starting point for working in the secondary SA claim. Also, let same said pal know the OSA/SA claims not DXd while on AD are super hard to link to service primary or secondary. And yes, it does help to have "Vulcan" blood running through your veins to understand Gastone's logic, sometimes. Semper Fi. Andy Vync, Fat and rwskitch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Vync Posted March 17, 2016 Content Curator/HadIt.com Elder Share Posted March 17, 2016 Hey Fat, I understand where Gastone is coming from, but what about the likelihood your friend had this for a long time and only recently won SC for it? Your friend should go back and dig through his records to look for any instances of symptoms and/or treatment which are similar to sinusitis. It could be a situation where he may have had this for quite some time and only filed for SC recently. Sort of like the doc saying he reviewed his records and found recurrent symptoms and/or treatment of sinusitis going back prior to the SA diagnosis. Also, having the doc opine "possibly" or "probably" is not enough for the VA to grant SC. The doc should use "as likely as not" or better for the likelihood argument. Andyman73, flores97 and rwskitch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Andyman73 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Ditto what Vync said. Especially on the probably/possibly remark. Must must must be the "as likely, and more likely, and most likely phrases! flores97 and Vync 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Fat Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 I'm going explain this in a different manner. When a veteran is service connected for a disability. It means he is financially compensable and the disability had its origins during his active duty stint. So even though you are service connected in 2016 (example), it also means the origins of the disability occurred during the active duty years of 2003-2007 (example). So if the service connected disability started in 2003-2007, then a secondary service connected disability also could have its origins in 2003-2007. rwskitch, flores97 and Andyman73 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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My gym buddy was recently service connected for Sinusitis at 10%.
He was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea back in 2008.
The sleep apnea is not service connected.
He now wants to get the Sleep Apnea service connected secondarily to the Sinusitis.
Can he get the Sleep Apnea secondarily connected even though it was diagnosed before the Sinusitis.
ALL COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED...........
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Fat, Your gym buddy can check his STR/SMRs for treatment dates of sinusitis. That would at least give a starting point for working in the secondary SA claim. Also, let same said pal know the OS
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Hey Fat, I understand where Gastone is coming from, but what about the likelihood your friend had this for a long time and only recently won SC for it? Your friend should go back and dig throug
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I'm going explain this in a different manner. When a veteran is service connected for a disability. It means he is financially compensable and the disability had its origins during his active dut
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