Filing A Veterans Disability Claim For Sleep Apnea
Veterans filing disability compensation claims for sleep apnea have become more prevalent within the past few years. This is due to the fact that sleep apnea is often a secondary service connection condition related to PTSD. Sleep Apnea can also become prominent for any number of conditions that are already service connected for which the veteran is on claim and that would also aggravate or directly cause the difficulty breathing asleep. Sleep apnea by itself is not a disease but it’s a cluster of symptoms that revolve around several underlying causes which prevent a person from breathing properly specifically at night. The VA development of sleep apnea claims are based solely on a medical diagnosis to which must be confirmed by a program acceptable sleep study for compensation rating purposes. The Department of Veteran Affairs medical criteria requirements on the service connection requirements for sleep apnea are the following:
100% Rating – Chronic respiratory failure with carbon dioxide retention or cor pulmonale or requires tracheostomy
50% Rating – Requires the use of breathing assistance device such as continuous airway pressure (CPAP) machine
30% Rating – Persistent symptoms with day time hypersomnolence
0% Rating – Asymptomatic episodes but with documented sleep disorder breathing
Please be advised the following information is used for instructive purposes only. At Favorable Disability Advocates we believe in properly educating the needs of our clients and ensuring quality assurance of our work.
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