sleep apnea 50%""" back pain severve 40% at most

[RUREADY]

I have nothing wrong with the ones already getting the benefit

of you snoring while on active duty  but most of us was already

snoring when you started in high school, drinking & hanging but want VA

to pay you 50% for something everyone have after drinking and partying overnight

This rating sucks & need changes because now every vet files this now before retiring

and after they retire getting buddy statements and been snoring all their life before military

I have a cpap was it from meds I take or the liquor  I drink. VA pays for this but a man who lost

a leg in combat HE got to prove he lost that leg and where it was lost at. SAY U SNORE while active

50% . bull jmho

[RUREADY]

7 minutes ago, brokensoldier244th said:

Cpap /= 50%, though. I had to go about 4 years with a CPAP before they found it service connected. Its not a slam dunk, at least not in the last 8-10 years. *plink plink*

 

I got one from VA but  I don't claim it because I was already snoring

before military

[flores97]

RUREADY, symptoms of sleep apnea do include snoring, but individuals that have sleep apnea also stop breathing when they fall asleep. Snoring is a symptom, that is true, but sa can be life threatening. From my understanding it can be aggravated by mental conditions, like ptsd.

[RUREADY]

I  ask my PC  for an appointment with sleep doc I then

ask him is my SA could be related pain or depression

he says no but( he would say its secondary to insomnia) in which

is a mental disorder meaning I have to ask for increase for depression

to include Insomnia  and SA secondary to this. Its in the records but I wont get 50%

maybe 30 to 50% in mental but not for snoring. Anytime you snore your heart stops or slow down. My hole family snore, my wife so bad we sleep in different rooms and she scared to get treatment she has it bad

Edited April 9, 2016 by RUREADY

[flores97]

RUREADY, I'm sorry that your wife is having problems. Does she also have a cpap? She definitely sounds like she needs one. The foc that told you your sleep apnea isn't being aggravated by your depression, well, was he a VA doctor? I'm no expert, but there are many doctors that have stated that PTSD and mental health issues(like depression), do aggravate sa. 

[RUREADY]

1 hour ago, flores97 said:

RUREADY, I'm sorry that your wife is having problems. Does she also have a cpap? She definitely sounds like she needs one. The foc that told you your sleep apnea isn't being aggravated by your depression, well, was he a VA doctor? I'm no expert, but there are many doctors that have stated that PTSD and mental health issues(like depression), do aggravate sa. 

he is SA doctor at VA that does VA exams for VA instead or going secondary

to ptsd I  ask for a higher mental rating to include SA (insomnia) some win with ptsd

as cause not many now

[RUREADY]

1 hour ago, Dot09 said:

Ruready, 

I get it, it sucks that we weren't informed back then that documentation was critical. It's good that our troop are finely being aware of what to do, but we are dealt with the cards we have.

What is that your wanting?

 

nothing from you unless you pay me my back pay