I was denied OSA based solely on itself and just yesterday I was denied again of OSA secondary to Anxiety w/ Panic Disorder (50%).
The VA totally dismissed the Army buddy statements and my psychologist thinks apnea only happen to fat people (6' 210lbs), but I haven’t talked to my psychiatrist yet...
I was diagnosed by the VA with OSA in Jan 2013 and have been denied twice now. (Seperated active duty 2010)
Does anyone have a game plan that I could use going forward? Doctors I should get statements from?
The VA's rationale for denile:
...your service treatment records fail to show any complaints, treatment or diagnosis of OSA while on active duty.
Lay statements are credible reports, but not credible medical evidence that your OSA was incurred while in the service or that the current diagnosis is related to your military service or service connected disabilities.
A VA sleep study determine on January 9th 2013 you participated in a sleep study and diagnosed with OSA. These records fail to relate to your OSA to your military service or service connected anxiety disorder.
The anxious state is a conscious state, when motor tone is also present and obstruction of the airway as described does not occur. OSA is apparent on,y when the patient is deeply asleep and motor tone is lost, a non-anxious state. Additionally anxiety cannot influence or aggravate the soft tissue of the hypopharynx as seen I'm OSA
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I was denied OSA based solely on itself and just yesterday I was denied again of OSA secondary to Anxiety w/ Panic Disorder (50%).
The VA totally dismissed the Army buddy statements and my psychologist thinks apnea only happen to fat people (6' 210lbs), but I haven’t talked to my psychiatrist yet...
I was diagnosed by the VA with OSA in Jan 2013 and have been denied twice now. (Seperated active duty 2010)
Does anyone have a game plan that I could use going forward? Doctors I should get statements from?
The VA's rationale for denile:
...your service treatment records fail to show any complaints, treatment or diagnosis of OSA while on active duty.
Lay statements are credible reports, but not credible medical evidence that your OSA was incurred while in the service or that the current diagnosis is related to your military service or service connected disabilities.
A VA sleep study determine on January 9th 2013 you participated in a sleep study and diagnosed with OSA. These records fail to relate to your OSA to your military service or service connected anxiety disorder.
The anxious state is a conscious state, when motor tone is also present and obstruction of the airway as described does not occur. OSA is apparent on,y when the patient is deeply asleep and motor tone is lost, a non-anxious state. Additionally anxiety cannot influence or aggravate the soft tissue of the hypopharynx as seen I'm OSA
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Veldrina
Hey all....don't bother trying to relate it to a mental disorder. Sleep apnea has an organic origin, not mental like insomnia. What you COULD try is to see if any medication could be causing the apn
63SIERRA
they didnt even know what sleep apnea was when I got out.. HEY that might be an angle .!!!
NavyWife
Yay Veldrina! I'm always so happy to see your posts! What are your thoughts on sleep apnea secondary to a deviated septum, due to broken nose in service? And if so, how should a vet write that up?
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