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Dr. Anaise IMO for sleep apnea secondary to PTSD

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I am curious if anyone has any good luck with Dr. Anaise particulary on a VA claim for sleep apnea secondary to PTSD? I received a SOC from the RO and the review that the VA examiner gave for his less than 50 percent likely was a bit disturbing. He some how got my weight off by 30 pounds saying I weight 255 when I actually weighed 225 so that sucks. So I talked to VSO and told him I was going to be obtaining my own IMO and submitting it. I have not received it yet but I have heard he does a very thorough job on them and includes a lot of literature and stuff to back up his opinions. Any type of feedback would be great thanks!  

  

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We had a lot of other medical information, so the basis of his opinion was that "he concurs" with our personal doctors opinion and that based upon his representation before SSA office/claims, the amou

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63, how tall are you, what's your neck size, and did the C & P Dr opine as to the size of your tongue? Depending on your height, even 225 could be addressed by the Uncomfortable Word, "Obese."

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dot09  he was president of the transplantation society of new York aND has 30 experience as a transplantation surgeon and also is a veterans lawyer on top of that. so his credentials I would say

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he was president of the transplantation society of new York aND has 30 experience as a transplantation surgeon and also is a veterans lawyer on top of that. so his credentials I would say are pretty good. 

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We used Dr Anaise for a different IMO for a pending TDIU claim.  He did a great job and we will probably use him again later on for another claim that we will be filing.

I know that he believes in the connection between PTSD and Sleep Apnea.  With his credentials, I think he would be hard to beat.

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thanks for the reply. well that's good to hear I have heard really good things about him and apparently he is pretty smart and does a very thorough job. when he did your imo was it very informative and backed with info and facts? Thanks and good luck with yours!!!

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We had a lot of other medical information, so the basis of his opinion was that "he concurs" with our personal doctors opinion and that based upon his representation before SSA office/claims, the amount of work missed makes me totally unemployable in the national economy.  He also concurred with our personal doctor that my conditions are permanent and unlikely to improve.

So, he opened with basic information about himself, how his opinions are founded/formed/framed.  He recapped our medical records, stated his opinion, put in his credentials as well as his published papers list and signed it.  In all reality, we paid for his to arrange everything nice and neatly, provide his opinion in a couple of paragraphs and his signature, but I believe it was worth it.

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ok yeah I have a kinda weird thing going on was denied sleep apnea I was claiming it service connected but not secondary va had a nurse practitioner give his opinion and to be honest it was pretty lame. so I'm hoping this guy blows this guy's opinion out of the water. I think he will. yes his credentials are pretty good I would have to say!!! 

 

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