Anyone Linked Sleep Apnea With Submarine Service And Gotten Rated?

[Volstang]

If so, how did you do it?

[Buck52]

Curious

How would a Veteran know he/she was exposed? if its all kept top secret?

[Buck52]

Aslo was  hadits radio show host Gerald Cook Exposed? it seems he has been fighting this for years.??

[Berta]

There is a lot to filing a radiation claim:

https://www.va.gov/disability/eligibility/hazardous-materials-exposure/ionizing-radiation/

I knew of Jerrel's case for probably over 10 years by now , but found no proof of exposure to radiation.

I know of no Top Secret isues in any of the 89,267 radiation claims decided by the BVA since 1994.

My daughters MOS was Top Secret Classified for the 7 years she was in the Military and is at higher TS level now-

as she is with Department of Defense .

The VA will declassify anything that would be probative to any veteran's claim if their military  MOS, was   Classified as Top Secret.If they didnt do that the vetera would have a CUE basis.

"For veterans who were exposed to ionizing radiation during service, service connection for a condition that is claimed to be attributable to such exposure may be established in one of three different ways. First, there are 15 types of cancer that are presumptively service-connected if they become manifest in a radiation-exposed veteran. 38 U.S.C. § 1112(c); 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(d). Second, 38 C.F.R. § 3.311(b)(2) lists other radiogenic diseases that may also be service connected if the VA Undersecretary for Benefits determines that they are related to ionizing radiation exposure during service. Third, direct service connection can be established by showing that the disease was incurred during or aggravated by service. See Combee v. Brown, 34 F.3d 1039, 1043 (Fed. Cir. 1994)."

https://www.va.gov/vetapp19/files1/19103478.txt

 

 

[Berta]

The initial question here was if there was anyone here who got sleep apnea due to submarine duty.

Sleep apnea can have many types of inservice causes.

Do you have a formal sleep apean diagnosis and treatment?

Have you searched for your unit on line to see if there would be someone there who could verify you snored a lot in your sleep and they could write a Buddy statement for ?

Do you have a copy of your SMRS and inservice personnel file?

Where you ever late for  duty or sleepy while on duty?

This link has some good info:

https://vaclaimsinsider.com/submitting-a-buddy-letter/

This link might help too:

https://community.hadit.com/topic/54355-need-a-buddy-statement/

 

 

 

 

 

[Arthur Breaux]

Long-term intermittent exposure to high ambient CO2 causes respiratory disturbances during sleep in submariners.  D. Margel, D.P. White, G. Pillar.  PMID: 14605040 DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.5.1716.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=submarines+and+sleep+apnea

There is a growing interest in sleep apnea and submarine life. Just because the VA denies your claim does not make them right.  This is just one scientific study that shows a correlate between the two. Buddy statements that you snored or had sleep issues helps too.

Art Breaux