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Just found the site and registered today. Impressed with amount of info being shared.

Looking for recommendation. Claim for sleep apnea denied, hard to tie it to service related other than I spent 36 years in and was diagnosed after I retired. Need recommendation for a doc to provide an Independent medical opinion. Located N. Virginia.

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I am in the same boat right now. I havent started a claim for Apnea but was diagnosed with it after a sleep study and was given a cpap by the VA. They basically told me good luck with getting claim approved for SC. I have PTSD and have seen a few times people being awarded secondary to this. Let me know what you come up with.

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Maybe you could request, from you Dr., to send you to a sleep study.

Stretch,

had sleep study done after I retired. Diagnosis "severe obstructive sleep apnea".

waiting on my primary to see if she'll do a NEXUS letter.

also waiting on a call back from Dr Bash- thanks JBasser

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I am in the same boat right now. I havent started a claim for Apnea but was diagnosed with it after a sleep study and was given a cpap by the VA. They basically told me good luck with getting claim approved for SC. I have PTSD and have seen a few times people being awarded secondary to this. Let me know what you come up with.

will do.

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Update- engaged Dr Bash and have been working with him. Concur expensive. He's thorough. After reviewing med records his draft NEXUS ltr included new and updated issues. After I submit paperwork to VA will provide more detailed comments.

In regards to new and updated issues a little confused on the process. Do I just submit NEXUS and expect VA to work that into current deliberation or do I also have to submit updated/new claims. Hopefully that makes sense.

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Update

Claim date: 01/24/2012

The estimated completion date of 05/10/2013 is past due

Status: REVIEW OF EVIDENCE

Been this way for some time.

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You asked a very good question........ I am anxious to see what others say to it......

Dr. Bash diagnosed a condition my deceased husband had but I didn't formally claim it because the IMO was specific to exactly what I needed but not clear as to the nexus of the additional condition.

It appears it would fall under my 1151 issues, so no time limit on filing that type of claim .....yet... and it might require an addendum to explain the medical rationale for the statement in the IMO.....

and it might not even affect the overall rating in the last award letter I got.

Dr. Bash has done that in other veterans cases I am aware of,...he has diagnosed additional conditions that might be SCable but they would require a formal claim on the veteran's part..I think...unless they are obviously secondary ,in his IMO, to established SC conditions. ????

hope others opine on this....

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