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Can the VA Group OSA to Mental Health Disorder or will this always be secondary to Mental Health? I think the VA is trying to group my Sleep Apnea with my Anxiety, Insomnia, and Somatic Symtpom all as one claim... Thats 4 seperate issues combined..... I go in for a C&P Exam in 2 weeks for another phsyc eval I believe to see if they can tie Sleep apnea to my mental health.

Thanks Buck, I will get a screen shot of that updated later tonight. When you say IRIS, is this the 1-800 VA#?.. Also I responded about this but the OSA was actually filed secondary to my lower back, and somatic symptom. So im assuming the VA saw this and quickly grouped with the mental health conditions. My question now, should I even go through the 3-4 month appeal process or just file a new claim with OSA secondary to my lower back.

Alright I followed up with my VSO and we did actually do OSA secondary to my Back AND MH. VA saw that and quickly grouped it with MH conditions. My sleep study was done by the VA shortly after I separated. I think my best bet based on the comments above would be to file a new OSA Secondary only to my lower back.

I already had the MH disorder service connected. I did a claim for Sleep Apnea secondary to my lower back.. The VA decided to group my Sleep Apnea with the MH issues.. I really dont know why my MH claim was even brought up with this claim..

I did do a seperate claim for Sleep Apnea secondary to my lower back.. I have no idea why they grouped the Sleep Apnea with my Mental Health claim. I even had a Dr sign off on my Nexus and did a DBQ for my Sleep Apnea service connected to my Lower Back.. I did not file Sleep Apnea secondary to my MH conditions the VA just decided to group this together.. If I do the appeal, I am sure it will be an uphill battle.... Should I just file another claim for Sleep Apnea Secondary to my lower back? Or should I fight this with an appeal? I feel they are trying to low ball me but maybe I am missing something.

So my claim came back and I'm so confused on how the VA could group sleep apnea with my generalized anxiety, insomnia, and somatic symptom disorder??? Should I appeal this ?

I have always been service connected for Generalized Anxiety disorder with Insomnia and Somatic Symptom Disorder. The VA grouped 3 seperate claims as one pretty much. I filed a new claim for sleep apnea secondary to my lower back which pretty much has not allowed me to continue a consistent workout routine which has led to my obesity and making my sleep apnea severe. My claim for sleep apnea came back and it looks like they grouped Sleep Apnea with the other 3 claims for somatic symptom, generalized anxiety, and insomnia. My question for the group is this something I should appeal? Seems like the VA is trying to group more of my disabilities into one claim this reducing my rating. What are your thoughts ?

Thanks all.. They mailed the letter out on 6 November and still nothing in the mail.. I had to wait the 10 business days before I could request another letter. I did that two days ago so we will see if I ever get my decision letter. I ever called to have them fax it to a work fax and still... nothing. kind of typical I imagine. We will see. I will try to keep everyone posted. Thanks for the advice. We will see if this High Level Review is worth all the delay and effort.

Thank you, that was really informative. To answer the previous question, all together it took the VA ~30 Days to give me a phone call on my HLR. The lady that called quickly identified the error (They had my service dates all out of wack probably using another veterans data). Once she realized the mistake, she quickly pushed this to the supplemental lane. About a week later from my phone call I noticed the VA.Gov website stated " The VA corrected an error and made a new decision". Nothing updated on ebene nor do I see any retro pay. I honestly dont see how this claim could get rejected, I have a doctor sign off on my DBQ, Nexus Letter, and Buddy statements. Who knows, we will see what the magic letter says.

I have been trying to get my Sleep Apnea service connected for months. I did a high level review from my C&P case and they just updated va.gov with a status of VA Identified an error that must be corrected VA corrected an error and made a new decision Current status is the VBA made a decision, read decision letter for more details. It says currently on review is "Compensation Issue". Ebenefits shows no change but should I give it another day or two before I decide that they denied my appeal? Thanks!