Why VA pays more in disability for sleep apnea than it does for some lost limbs

VA vowed to modernize its disability benefits system. As criticism from veterans and their advocates has mounted, efforts to ...
HeraldNet

VA looks to tighten sleep apnea rating schedule

The Department of Veterans Affairs is studying changes to disability ratings for obstructive sleep apnea, particularly the 50 percent rating being awarded when VA physicians prescribe use of a CPAP ...

Opinion: The VA’s disability evaluation is failing veterans

The 1945 “whole-person” formula used by the Department of Veterans Affairs presumes independence among various disabilities.
HeraldNet

VA, Congress yawn as sleep apnea claims rise

Last June the VA Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation privately recommended to Allison Hickey, undersecretary for benefits, that the Department of Veterans Affairs consider four steps to ...
abc7NY

Local veterans worried about change in disability benefits for tinnitus, sleep apnea, mental health

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Local veterans are concerned over the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' proposal to remove tinnitus as a stand-alone disability and to change the language surrounding a sleep ...
KWTX

VA changing disability evaluations for mental health and other critical conditions.

TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - Some Central Texas veterans are going to be getting a much-needed boost in healthcare thanks to the VA. The VA has decided to change its disability ratings criteria for mental ...