Reasons for remand the veteran served on active duty from may. This of course leads to more sleep deprivation and exhibiting signs of sleep apnea including daytime sleepiness lack of focus irritability and other health issues.
As for the sleep apnea if you can prove that medication for your other service connected conditions was prescribed and that a side effect is weight gain i would file the claim.
Sleep apnea secondary to tinnitus. You can file for tinnitus and have a shot at a rating. I m still within one year of navy reserve retirement dec 2017. Veterans with insomnia and sleep apnea can move to claim secondary disability if their sleep disturbances are caused or aggravated by their tinnitus.
If you have a rating for depression and knees i suspect that someone has your records. People with ringing in the ears find it difficult to sleep and the quality of their sleep diminishes. It would be nearly a decade later that the vet would have it recognized that his sleep disturbances were tied to his insomnia secondary to tinnitus and not sleep apnea as was earlier thought.
Post aug 20 2018 1 2018 08 20t15 22. He stated that tinnitus had been associated with insomnia citation nr. No bs obstructive sleep apnea secondary to tinnitus no bs obstructive sleep apnea secondary to tinnitus.
Tinnitus and sleep issues tends to be a vicious circle. Entitlement to service connection for sleep difficulty to include sleep apnea claimed as secondary to tinnitus is remanded. December 27 2018 remanded entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is remanded.
Clinical journal concluded that patients with chronic tinnitus had increased brain attention.
