20% rating for Sleep Apnea? Has anyone ever seen this?

[brokensoldier244th]

I was looking at Ebenefits under the 'disabilities' section, and I noticed that, with CPAP, my Sleep Apnea rating is listed as 20% rather than the expected 50. I had to appeal my sleep apnea 1 time to get SC. Has anyone ever seen this? It looks like it is numerically at 20, but they paying it at 50? Misprint? 

 

[ShrekTheTank]

I think that was a typo. As I think it is either 30% or 50%.  So the 20% makes no sense. 

[Marine Corp 69/70]

Did you at one time rated at 30% for Sleep Apnea and appeal the rating because you used a CPAP 

[brokensoldier244th]

Ebenefits lists 20 also, and I can’t check my own records directly through VA, at least not as an employee. I’ll have to think about this a bit. 

No, I was granted 50, then they proposed to reduce for some reason, then I appealed it. Back to 50. 

[Marine Corp 69/70]

In the proposed to reduce did a doctor say you didn’t used your CPAP and they want to reduce you to 30% and you appeal it right and won.

[LightofSolitude]

This seems like a "clerical error" by VA in constructing the correspondence. The VA lists your sleep apnea at 20%. Based on the document you posted, VA states the following:

Under The First Bullet Point: "The evaluation of sleep apnea is continued as 20 percent disabling."

Under The Second Bullet Point: "We have assigned a 50 percent evaluation for your sleep apnea based on: Requires use of breathing assistance device such as continuous airway pressure (CPAP) machine."

The ratings for sleep apnea are (0, 30, 50 and 100) according to Diagnostic Code 6847; so a 20% makes no sense here. I would look into getting this corrected as soon as possible because this could potentially create problems down the road in regards to your effective dates if you take no action.

[broncovet]

When did you start use of the cpap, OR, when did your doctor say the cpap was medically necessary?  

That may explain this discrepency