Va Claim Sleep Apnea Secondary To Asthma

For example if you are entitled to a 50 percent rating for sleep apnea and a 30 percent rating for asthma you would get a single 50 for sleep apnea and asthma.

Va claim sleep apnea secondary to asthma. Additionally people with asthma have an increased risk of developing sleep apnea. As mentioned before this is because people suffering from asthma will often develop new-onset sleep apnea symptoms meaning that if the two are linked asthma is the primary condition. Sleep apnea can further increase that inflammation. There have been instances where sleep apnea has been granted a secondary service-connection disability rating to a veterans asthma.

The Board finds that the evidence supports the Veterans claim of entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea secondary to his service-connected GERD with history of esophagitis and hematemesis. Asthma causes inflammation in the lungs. Many veterans attempt to service-connect sleep apnea as a primary disability condition and cant seem to figure our why the VA keeps denying your sleep apnea claim. The common asthmatic features that further sleep apneas symptoms are nasal obstruction a decrease in pharyngeal cross-sectional area and an increase in upper airway collapsibility.

That is if a veteran is service-connected for asthma and later develops sleep apnea they should subsequently be service-connected for the sleep apnea if they can provide the appropriate medical evidence. Entitlement to service connection for obstructive sleep apnea to include as secondary to service-connected asthma is remanded. Research has shown that asthma patients face an almost 40 greater risk for sleep apnea than asthma-free patients. Combining both together is the correct thing to do.

You are making the case that your sleep apnea is a secondary or residual effect of your service-connected This requires giving VA credible medical and lay evidence with a medical statement opinion from a qualified doctor stating how and why the sleep apnea is more likely than not a secondary disability that occurred because of the asthma. A person with asthma especially those that have had asthma for a prolonged period of time and has been on inhaled or oral bronchodilator therapy is more likely to develop obstructive sleep apnea OSA as a result of the medication. Sleep Apnea secondary to Tinnitus is rated under 38 CFR 497 Diagnostic Code 6847 Sleep Apnea Syndromes Obstructive Central and Mixed. On the other hand sleep apnea is a known aggravator of asthma.

Veterans are assigned a 0 30 50 or 100 VA rating for Sleep Apnea depending on the severity of their sleep disorder. Recent medical research discusses the bidirectional relationship between sleep apnea and asthma and several studies support the finding of asthma worsening sleep apnea and vice versa. This evening I went to check my claim status and noted it has closed so I checked the disabilities tab. But it will take medical evidence and a strong doctorss statement to suggest that your asthma has caused the sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea is a known aggravator of asthma. The Increase for Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis took about 5 months with Sleep Apnea being deferred - the VA granted an increase in Asthma to 60 and an increase in Allergic Rhinitis to 10. We have assigned a 50 evaluation for your sleep apnea based on the requirement of the use of a C-pap machine. 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 his obstructive sleep apnea but not permanently.

Getting connected with a good medical team can help you with this they will be able to review your records and see what your options are. REASONS FOR REMAND This matter comes before the Board of Veterans Appeals Board on appeal from a June 2012 rating decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs VA Regional Office RO in Cleveland Ohio. With regard to the conditions discussed herein veterans may be eligible for service connection on a secondary basis for sleep apnea. To service connect Sleep Apnea secondary to Asthma youll need to get an Independent Medical Opinion IMO Medical Nexus Letter to support the connection between Sleep Apnea and Asthma.

The evidence shows a current diagnosis of very severe obstructive sleep apnea. From examples I have seen Rotor Head explain you get the difference between the two which would be Asthma at 30 and Sleep Apnea at 20 which is equal to combining both to say Obstructive Sleep Apnea wAsthma 50. In September of 2009 the Veteran underwent a VA examination in which the examiner opined the following. The rating criteria for Sleep Apnea in 2020 is as follows.

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. Please note that the sleep apnea rating code is 6847 and the asthma rating code is 6602. Still I would not hesitate to try to get the apnea granted as seconadary to the asthma. We have assigned a 30 evaluation for your asthma based on daily inhalation therapy.