Sancheezy05

Yes sir.

Well...... after two years of fighting the VA I am officially in the 100% club. Thank you everyone for the motivating advice and kind words along the way!

@pacmanx1 Hopefully it goes smooth this go around this is my second C&P for the same issue. First C&P, the nurse practitioner stated that sleep apnea could not be impacted by allergic rhinitis, plantar fasciitis and hypertension, which contradicts other claims that were decide through the BVA. I got granted this through the higher level review because the senior rater identified she failed to consider my IMO that I had from a physician which was uploaded with my FDC. I am going to do what you said and actually bring the physical documents with me this appointment and I even went above and beyond to prove the connection by getting a 2nd IMO from a Doctor who was highly recommended this time. Like you said only time will tell, one week till my appointment I will keep this thread updated and hopefully be posting great news next month!

Welp.. Got rescheduled for a C&P on May 3rd, wish me luck! Hopefully my Nurse Practitioner who primarily specialized as a labor and delivery/gynecologist can properly diagnose my sleep apnea.... for my HLR reexamination. Fought with QTC who told me originally I couldn't bring in a nexus letter to the provider for review and than changed their stance once I told them I verified with the VA that I could present an updated nexus from a neurologist with 50 years dealing with sleep disorders/mental health for the examiner to use.

Got called today for a new C&P for sleep apnea next month, different company from the first. Another 30 days of anxiety followed by another 2 weeks of anxiously checking ebenefits for a report.

@Buck52 thank you for the information. I am learning this as well is one of the harder claims to get approved. I had a pretty detailed nexus letter and dbq but since it's the word of a physician assistant vs a nurse practitioner I have decided to work with a Doctor PH.D in this matter who is a specialist in sleep disorders. He is currently working to get me a second IMO submit for this claim as supporting evidence just in case this HLR does not go in my favor. If you look at my service records and VA records everything is pretty squared away as far as an active sleep study from the VA themselves showing Moderate to Severe obstructive sleep apnea, history of nasal blockage, headaches, hypertension etc. I think for me I am just upset finding out that it was originally granted than someone went back and denied it removing all the information.

Hello all, I am new to the forums and looking for some guidance. I was denied service connection for sleep apnea through a claim that provided a Physicians Assistant nexus letter and dbq linking sleep apnea to my service connected conditions of allergic rhinitis, hypertension and bilateral plantar fasciitis. I went with the higher level review route and now my VA.gov site shows: The Veterans Benefits Administration is correcting an error During their review, the senior reviewer identified an error that must be corrected before deciding your case. If needed, VA may contact you to ask for more evidence or to schedule a new medical exam. Not sure if this is a good think or just standard. I felt like my informal conference was literal 2 minutes and just explained what the HLR was. When I requested my C-File a few months ago, I noticed that the VA was originally going to rate me at 100% with sleep apnea being service connected to my allergic rhinitis referencing my IMO as the favorable evidence, than five days later they redid the final approval letter and denied the service connection. My C&P Nurse Practitioner stated that Allergic Rhinitis doesn't cause Sleep Apnea but I have seen Board of Appeals be granted and other veterans as well get Sleep Apnea as a Secondary to this condition. Just seeing if anyone else knows what the next stage in the process will be and what an unofficial timeline for something like this would be? I am roughly around day 110 for the HLR and overall this claim dates back to December of 2019. Thank you again and sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum.