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I Am Trying To Establish A Link Between PTSD And Narcolepsy To Upgrade My VA Disability Compensation.

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Carson City, NV

I was in the USAF from 1983- 1996 and I knew something was wrong but I did not know it was narcolepsy. I wasn't diagnosed by sleep testing until 2015. I need to link the narcolepsy to my service connected PTSD so the VA will credit me for service connected narcolepsy. Right now I'm at a stopping point in my career because of the narcolepsy. For instance, I just now dropped my phone while typing this message because I went to sleep while typing this message...YIKES!

August 21
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A MyNarcolepsyTeam Member

That is going to be hard to prove unless you have a record of falling asleep while in service. As far as I know there is no causational link between the two.

October 16

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