Va Disability Asthma And Sleep Apnea
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. Sleep apnea is a condition many veterans seek disability compensation for.
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.
Va disability asthma and sleep apnea. In september of 2009 the veteran underwent a va examination in which the examiner opined the following. 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. If you have a diagnosis of sleep apnea without any symptoms you are entitled to a 0 rating only.
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. 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. I was first rated at 30 for asthma.
Studies show that people with asthma are more likely to develop obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep apnea can cause a significant impairment of the heart and respiratory system by limiting the amount of air that is taken in during the hours of sleep. 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.
Links between asthma and sleep apnea many studies have now shown that people who have asthma are more likely to develop obstructive sleep apnea. Greetings i may have ask this question once before but here it is again. If the condition continues over a long period of time and causes respiratory failure with right heart ventricle failure or with too much carbon dioxide in the blood stream or if it requires a tracheotomy it is rated 100.
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. Later when the va approved my sleep apnea claim both conditions were combined and rated at 50. If you require the use of a cpap machine you are eligible for a rating of 50.
This is characterized by repeated episode of upper airway occlusion resulting in brief period of breathing cessation apnea or a significant reduction in airflow hypopnea during sleep. During the iraq and afghanistan war burn pits were used on military bases to dispose. So the 30 rating for asthma does me no good at all.
Shulkin the va would still need to look at sleep apnea symptoms to see if all of the symptoms from both sleep apnea and asthma would allow for a higher rating under the asthma rating code with the initial rating set how does a veteran determine what he would be entitled to should his disability increase in severity. Sleep related breathing disorders are a spectrum of condition among them obstructive sleep apnea osa is the most severe and complex chronic clinical syndrome. Can asthma and sleep apnea be combined as one single rated service connected disability.
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