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 ...

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing changes to the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities -- specifically pertaining to the respiratory, auditory and mental disorders body ...

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 ...

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

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was linked with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, but continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment reduced that risk, Veterans Administration (VA) data ...

Researchers examined the association between patients with obstructive sleep apnea and the onset of Parkinson disease.

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 new study found that getting CPAP treatment within the first two years of a sleep apnea diagnosis reduced the risk of ...

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