Been Dx for OSA

[chilo209]

Good Gents,

 

  After a longtime of wonder why i always was so tired during military service and then getting out. I come to find out I have OSA and have to use a CPAP machine. Never thought of it in service of an issue due to who get 8 hrs of sleep in service.Only time was on exit exam where i reported issue of cough blood when waking up, headache in the morning, itchy throat at night with cough, sensitive to light. Exit exam put me down for vascular head aches. During my initial visit to the VA when i got out, they me down with Unspecified sleep disturbance and insomnia. Also let the VA now of the sleep issue and problems in the morning. This has been going on for a while now until i was refer by Menlo Park - MTRP to conduct a Sleep test.

I had to do a sleep at a clinic due to initial test with a machine they send me home came back inconclusive. The sleep test at a the clinic came back with 60+ incident of apnea in an hour with low oxygen of 80%. The Sleep Dr would not do the VA questionnaire because he wants the VA to do that. He just gave me

all the document in regards to my study. Should i collect buddy letter and try to SC to in service or do i go the route of secondary to PTSD. I now i can do some more work on working out and lower weight which would be helpful, but this has been an issue even when i was down in weight. Thank you all.

[Gastone]

Spend approx $150 to $200 to see a private Sleep Specialist, Board Certified Neurologist specializing in Adult & Pediatric Sleep would be my choice. After reviewing your VA Sleep Studies, he could opine in his Clinician Treatment Notes regarding the etiology of your OSA as well as RX supplemental 02 based on your over-nite P02 results.