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Last month I had a sleep study done and I was dx'd with sleep apnea. They told me that I need a CPAP machine. I got a letter from my insurance company telling me that my policy doesn't provide durable medical equipment and if I want the machine I have to pay for it myself. My question is will the VA provide me with a CPAP machine? If so how do I go about getting one or do I need to do another sleep study?

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go to the VA have them redo the test and give you the CPAP.

Last month I had a sleep study done and I was dx'd with sleep apnea. They told me that I need a CPAP machine. I got a letter from my insurance company telling me that my policy doesn't provide durable medical equipment and if I want the machine I have to pay for it myself. My question is will the VA provide me with a CPAP machine? If so how do I go about getting one or do I need to do another sleep study?

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Rick

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Does the sleep apnea have to be service connected? I have sleep apnea too.

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The sleep apnea does not need to be service connected to get a cpap machine. You will have to contact sleep medicine and see if they will accept you private sleep study report, they might or they might one to give you a sleep study also.

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The sleep apnea does not need to be service connected to get a cpap machine. You will have to contact sleep medicine and see if they will accept you private sleep study report, they might or they might one to give you a sleep study also.

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Thanks for the info.

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I am 100% P&T and not SC'ed for sleep apnea, but I was issued a CPAP machine after my sleep study. I have heard it takes longer to get the CPAP machine from some VAMCs than others.

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Thanks for all of the replies. I''m supposed to go in to see my PCP this month and I'll bring up my sleeping problems. The lady that takes care of the issuance where I retired from says that they should give me the machine and that she'll look into it. It just amazes me that my medical insurrance will spend $500 on diabetic shoes for me but won't spend a dime on a machine to ensure that I wake up in the morning.

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I'm 100%, P&T, over 20 yrs, was diagnosed w/sleep apnea on 11/7/2010 and am still waiting for my CPAP machine. They'd rather I die!

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Yikes, Philip! :ohmy:

I told them (private insurance) that I was falling asleep in traffic, which was true, and got one within a couple days.

Wonder if VA would speed things up if you had "almost got in an accident"...

Light a fire under their butts.

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