They said a separate compensable evaluation for asthma is not warranted as the functional impairment imposed by this condition is the same as that due to my sleep apnea. We are going through 3 steps to veteran disability benefits for sleep apnea.
Top 5 questions about sleep apnea va claims among the most common claims for which we help veterans in their fight for disability benefits are sleep apnea va claims.
Va disability sleep apnea secondary to asthma. Cervical conditions neck pain and lt rt carpal tunnel syndrome. Sleep apnea secondary to gerd asthma sinusitis or allergic rhinitis. While sleep apnea and asthma often can be linked as respiratory disorders their symptoms are different enough that many veterans wonder if they can receive separate va disability ratings for each.
How to claim secondary conditions. If you have been granted service connected disability compensation for bronchial asthma and have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea you may be entitled to receive va compensation for sleep apnea as well. Ankle knee shin splints hip and lower back issues service connected secondary to flat feet or collapsed arches.
During the iraq and afghanistan war burn pits were used on military bases to dispose. In 2012 i filed for va disability for allergic rhinitis and asthma my initial rating was 30 asthma and 0 allergic rhinitis. The frustration of having a cpap machine and not being able to get it service connected is real.
Many veterans attempt to service connect sleep apnea as a primary disability condition and can t seem to figure our why the va keeps denying your sleep apnea claim. So the 30 rating for asthma does me no good at all. This past year my va doctor suggested i seek an increase on both asthma and allergic rhinitis as well as obstructed sleep apnea as secondary to allergic rhinitis.
Veterans in this post i list more than 50 possible sleep apnea secondary conditions so veterans can win service connect and rate your sleep apnea va claim in less time. Which is why we have created this guide to walk you through a sleep apnea claim. I am service connected 30 for asthma and was diagnosed with sleep apnea end of last year.
In september of 2009 the veteran underwent a va examination in which the examiner opined the following. The secrets to your va sleep apnea claim revealed. The va increased my 0 ar to 30 and rated me at 30 for asthma but lumped my asthma in with sleep apnea and continued the current 30 rating.
Its not in my service medical records at all. Studies show that people with asthma are more likely to develop obstructive sleep apnea. As reported by the veterans benefits administration vba in the 2017 annual benefits report the three forms of sleep apnea sa obstructive central and mixed lead the way in service connected respiratory disabilities.
We know how difficult it can be to file and win a sleep apnea claim. Have any of you fine people been able to service connect sleep apnea secondary to asthma. Links between asthma and sleep apnea many studies have now shown that people who have asthma are more likely to develop obstructive sleep apnea.
1 the veteran is less likely than not to have obstructive sleep apnea as secondary due to asthma 2 he is less likely than not to have asthma as the cause of his obstructive sleep apnea and 3 his service connected disability may at least as likely as not cause an acute aggravation of.
