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 ...

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 ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs will change its disability ratings criteria for mental health conditions, sleep apnea and tinnitus, part of a major overhaul of the review process to ensure that ...

Dr. Richard Isaacson, a preventative neurologist at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease in Boca Raton, Florida, who ...

New research reveals that people with untreated obstructive sleep apnea have a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease.

The 1945 “whole-person” formula used by the Department of Veterans Affairs presumes independence among various disabilities. But empirical data show that this assumption is faulty, and veterans suffer ...

A new study of 11 million people found their odds of developing Parkinson's nearly doubled if they had sleep apnea that went ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs and Tricare are notifying patients of a worldwide recall on certain machines used to treat sleep apnea, a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing ...

About a third of American adults are living with obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that robs people of restful sleep and ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - The Overton Brooks VA Medical Center now offers a medically advanced, FDA-approved, obstructive sleep apnea treatment option for veterans unable to tolerate conventional Continuous ...

A massive veteran study found a strong connection between untreated sleep apnea and a higher chance of Parkinson’s. CPAP ...