Are all CPAP users disabled?

[mileena]

I read on a veterans site, that if you require PAP therapy, you are automatically given a 50% disabled rating and can get benefits:

https://www.vetshq.com/2016/02/sleep-ap ... sability/

If a veteran requires a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device, the VA disability rating for sleep apnea is set at 50 percent or above. With increased claims, the rating schedule for sleep apnea is expected to be included in the VA’s overhaul of the rating schedule (38 CFR Part 4), though no recent changes have been made.

So is everyone here disabled or retired? That's not a bad thing, but I am just wondering.

[LSAT]

They are talking about veterans..not the general public.

[mileena]

They are talking about veterans..not the general public.

But how does that matter? If a veteran who needs a CPAP machine is disabled, then are members of the general public disabled too?

[LSAT]

They are talking about veterans..not the general public.

But how does that matter? If a veteran who needs a CPAP machine is disabled, then are members of the general public disabled too?

I'm not..how about you?

[mileena]

They are talking about veterans..not the general public.

But how does that matter? If a veteran who needs a CPAP machine is disabled, then are members of the general public disabled too?

I'm not..how about you?

I am, but not from OSA. I get Social Security Disability and am on Medicare.

[Goofproof]

More Socialist Liberal Fodder, You are only disables if you are too lazy to work for a living, and not smart enough to use your XPAP machine correctly. In which we need to stop providing for your needs period. Jim

I get Agent Orange from V.A. but it's not 50% only 25%, but unlike XPAP it has no cure only death, and I worked hard until I retired. P.S., I'm not a Liberal, and I'm not on the dole!

[greatunclebill]

I've heard that 50% thing before, several years ago. I'm just not so sure it's that easy, that everybody gets it.

[palerider]

So is everyone here disabled or retired? That's not a bad thing, but I am just wondering.

No, bubbles, we're not.

[mileena]

More Socialist Liberal Fodder, You are only disables if you are too lazy to work for a living, and not smart enough to use your XPAP machine correctly. In which we need to stop providing for your needs period. Jim

I get Agent Orange from V.A. but it's not 50% only 25%, but unlike XPAP it has no cure only death, and I worked hard until I retired. P.S., I'm not a Liberal, and I'm not on the dole!

I read a good post from a vet who defended his disability rating due to OSA. He said because he is a tied to the machine, he is disabled in the same way a person who is tied to an oxygen machine is disabled. Without the CPAP machine, he is doomed. I can't find it now though. I would say that the CPAP machine is life sustaining and without it, you could die. In fact, there was a case in NJ where a woman CPAP user had her power cut off for non-payment, and she died the next day or soon after.

[Okie bipap]

Many retired military try to maximize their VA disability. The higher your disability rating, the higher percentage of your military retired pay that is not subject to federal and state income taxes.

[Julie]

He is DOOMED?

Please, take a pill or something and drop the drama.

[greatunclebill]

Many retired military try to maximize their VA disability. The higher your disability rating, the higher percentage of your military retired pay that is not subject to federal and state income taxes.

the way it is now, you get both a va disability check and a years of service retirement check along with social security retirement. you're describing the old way.

[palerider]

He said because he is a tied to the machine, he is disabled in the same way a person who is tied to an oxygen machine is disabled.

A thinking person would be able to easily see the difference in these.

Few people are "tied" to a cpap the way many people are 'tied', (literally, 24 hours a day) to oxygen supplementation. and while not having cpap will cause your health and energy to degrade, not having oxygen has an entirely different result.

But, again, that requires *thinking*.

[Midwest_non_sleeper]

I'm a veteran with an Honorable Discharge and am on XPAP. Not disabled and will never be.

[Goofproof]

More Socialist Liberal Fodder, You are only disables if you are too lazy to work for a living, and not smart enough to use your XPAP machine correctly. In which we need to stop providing for your needs period. Jim

I get Agent Orange from V.A. but it's not 50% only 25%, but unlike XPAP it has no cure only death, and I worked hard until I retired. P.S., I'm not a Liberal, and I'm not on the dole!

I read a good post from a vet who defended his disability rating due to OSA. He said because he is a tied to the machine, he is disabled in the same way a person who is tied to an oxygen machine is disabled. Without the CPAP machine, he is doomed. I can't find it now though. I would say that the CPAP machine is life sustaining and without it, you could die. In fact, there was a case in NJ where a woman CPAP user had her power cut off for non-payment, and she died the next day or soon after.

I suppose he sleeps 24 hours each day and doesn't have the time to become a useful member of the human race. Welcome to Liberalville! Jim