This is in response to the proposed changes to the VA’s Schedule for Rating Disabilities: Mental Disorders. I agree that changes are needed, however the…
PSA: The VA and other organizations have psychologists who can help with your sleep apnea treatment. They have programs where they employ specially-trained health psychologists…
Today I uploaded my public comments to the VA on the proposed changes to how they rate sleep apnea disability claims. You can read a…
Please note: These are just proposed changes for public comment and the actual changes that get implemented may not look like this. In addition, we…
Someone was nice enough to point out to me that the VA has updated some of the DBQ’s that are publicly available on their website…
Update 12/14/2021: The last approximately two months or so I’ve been prioritizing getting caught up on records review based nexus letters (without exams). It has…
At times I’ve seen VA raters suggest that a professional who isn’t a C&P examiner and isn’t a “treatment provider” is automatically “biased” in favor…
11/23/2021 update: I am currently not scheduling exams at the moment but likely will schedule some starting sometime in 2022. I am not sure exactly…
A contingent fee is a fee based on a percentage of what you “win” in a claim. Physicians and psychologists are not able to charge…
I added some new research articles and some more information to this link where you can learn more about sleep apnea secondary to PTSD VA…