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My doctor referred me to a sleep specialist concerning OSA. This specialist threats VA patients part time. He scheduled me a sleep study thru a private hospital.
My PTSD doctor was able to get me a sleep study thru the VA. That sleep study came back positive for severe OSA. I filed a claim for service connection.
I was hoping to get a IMO from ]the sleep specialist that my doctor referred me too, but he is now saying that I had to have OSA prior to my deployment to Iraq. I asked him "is there anyway that this could NOT have been caused by my deployment; and he told me "it's hard to prove your deployment caused this".
I have nothing in SMR's only a redeployment check-out where I told them that I started having headaches when I woke up halfway thru my deployment and I got to the point where I was tired all the time. Also, people in my platoon started telling me that I started snoring very loud and was waking them after awhile.
I had a TBI test done recently and I thought my examiner said TBI, PTSD and OSA were related.
My question is, is there any chance in anyone's opinion that I may be able to get this OSA service connected. If so, what advice can anyone give me.
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