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  1. Sleep Apnea should be a Presumptive Condition for Gulf War Vets

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    started  ·  46 comments  ·  2012 Report of the Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force (GWVI-TF)  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    Terry, you need to reopen your case because you temporarily stopped breathing during Desert Storm. This temporary lack of oxygen is known as hypoxia or oxygen deficiency, which is bad for the heart as well as the rest of the body. You need an up to date sleep study test to confirm the presence of sleep apnea. Only in this this way can the two be linked together, because the two are definitely service-connected from Desert Storm. You may need to be on a CPAP machine.

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    Anonymous commented  · 

    You need to get a pulmonary doctor to say you got a restrictive airway or lung problem. That in itself will rate a 0% disability, but because obstructive sleep apnea is somehow connected with restrictive airways, it will rate a 30% disability, and then with the CPAP machine for breathing at night, the disability will total 50%. That's all you will get, because no pyramiding is allowed.

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