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71 results for “sleep apnea”
- Diagnostic code: DC 6847Respiratory System
Sleep Apnea Syndromes (Obstructive, Central, Mixed)
Rated under § 4.97
- Regulation section: Part IV, Subpart i, Chapter 3, Section BM-21-1
Examination Sufficiency for Specific Disabilities
IV.i.3.B.1.l. Sleep Disorders Examination Review Sleep apnea must be diagnosed with a sleep study. Review the sleep study to ensure the condition is interpreted in relationship to the claimed condition. If there is a service-connected (SC) condition that is comorbid to the sleep apnea that…
- Regulation section: Part VIII, Subpart ii, Chapter 1, Section BM-21-1
Developing Presumptive Service Connection (SC) Claims from Persian Gulf Veterans
VIII.ii.1.B.2.g. Example: Gulf War Examination Not Necessary With Known Clinical Diagnosis _Facts_ : A Persian Gulf Veteran claims SC for “sleep disturbance.” Service Treatment Records (STRs) do not show any relevant treatment or diagnoses. Private medical evidence reveals the Veteran…
- Regulation section: Part V, Subpart ii, Chapter 3, Section AM-21-1
Determining the Issues
Example 2: A Veteran who is currently SC for bronchial asthma, evaluated as 30-percent disabling, files a claim for SC for obstructive sleep apnea requiring the use of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. Result: The RO must decide the sleep apnea claim on its individual…
- Regulation section: Part X, Subpart i, Chapter 6, Section HM-21-1
Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) Proposed Ratings
X.i.6.H.2.c. Decisions Involving Coexisting Claimed and Referred Disabilities If an IDES participant has coexisting _claimed_ and _referred_ disabilities that must be assigned a _single_ disability rating under the rating schedule, the DRAS decision maker must · determine the appropriate…
- Regulation section: Part X, Subpart i, Chapter 6, Section FM-21-1
Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) Development and Examinations
X.i.6.F.2.l. Avoiding Duplication of Effort In order to avoid a duplication of effort, · examiners should use laboratory and x-ray reports that are already of record, as long as · the reports are less than six months old, and · there is no evidence the related disability has worsened, and *…
- Regulation section: § 4.9738 CFR
Schedule of ratings—respiratory system.
| Note (2): Following episodes of total spontaneous pneumothorax, a rating of 100 percent shall be assigned as of the date of hospital admission and shall continue for three months from the first day of the month after hospital discharge. | | | Note (3): Gunshot wounds of the pleural cavity with…
- Regulation section: Part VIII, Subpart ii, Chapter 1, Section AM-21-1
General Information on Presumptive Service Connection (SC) for Persian Gulf Veterans
VIII.ii.1.A.1.j. Signs and Symptoms of Undiagnosed Illnesses or MUCMIs [38 CFR 3.317](<http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=9f0ce8e46464a943446b3eabce7d0edb&node=se38.1.3_1317&rgn=div8>) specifies the following 13 categories of signs or symptoms that may be manifestations of an undiagnosed…
- Diagnostic code: DC 8108Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders
Narcolepsy
Rate as for epilepsy, petit mal.
- Diagnostic code: DC 6022Organs of Special Sense (Eye)
Lagophthalmos:
Rated under § 4.79
- Diagnostic code: DC 6354Infectious Diseases, Immune Disorders and Nutritional Deficiencies
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
Rated under § 4.88b
- Diagnostic code: DC 9301Mental Disorders
Major or mild neurocognitive disorder due to HIV or other infections
Rated under § 4.130
- Diagnostic code: DC 9210Mental Disorders
Other specified and unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
Rated under § 4.130
- Regulation section: Part IV, Subpart i, Chapter 1, Section AM-21-1
Duty to Assist With Providing a Medical Examination or Opinion
Important: · Service Treatment Records (STRs) _must_ be of record, unless after all required efforts they are unavailable, prior to requesting audiological examination for service connection (SC) for hearing loss because the results of any in-service audiological testing, and potentially other…
- Diagnostic code: DC 8910Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders
Epilepsy, grand mal.
Rate under the general rating formula for major seizures.
- Regulation section: Part X, Subpart i, Chapter 6, Section BM-21-1
Benefits Delivery at Discharge (BDD) and Initial Processing
_Important_ : Accept an unsigned SHA, Part A as complete. Examiners will evaluate the service member and review the SHA, Part A without a signature. Exceptions: · Do _not_ exclude the claim from the BDD program if a completed SHA, Part A is not of record. Instead, follow the…
- Regulation section: § 3.31738 CFR
Compensation for certain disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf veterans.
(5) A qualifying chronic disability referred to in this section shall be rated using evaluation criteria from part 4 of this chapter for a disease or injury in which the functions affected, anatomical localization, or symptomatology are similar. (6) A qualifying chronic disability referred to in…
- Diagnostic code: DC 9410Mental Disorders
Other specified anxiety disorder
Rated under § 4.130
- Regulation section: § 4.71a38 CFR
Schedule of ratings—musculoskeletal system.
| With widespread musculoskeletal pain and tender points, with or without associated fatigue, sleep disturbance, stiffness, paresthesias, headache, irritable bowel symptoms, depression, anxiety, or Raynaud's-like symptoms: | | | That are constant, or nearly so, and refractory to therapy | 40 | |…
- Diagnostic code: DC 9310Mental Disorders
Unspecified neurocognitive disorder
Rated under § 4.130
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