2024 VA Updates IBS and GERD Plus Proposed Updates to Mental Health and Sleep Apnea

Attorney Casey Walker dives into the policy changes that have taken place in how the VA rates veterans for GERD and IBS. He discusses recommendations for how veterans should file claims for these conditions taking these changes into consideration. He also discusses a few proposed (NOT FINALIZED) changes to mental health and sleep apnea, two of the most commonly claimed conditions for vets. He discusses how he believes these changes will either benefit the veteran, or present new challenges for claiming each condition. Make sure to stay to the end to get his insider scoop.

Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:34 VA Update to GERD
03:57 VA Update to IBS
7:20 VA Update to Guardsman VA Benefits Withholding
09:32 What is a Proposed Change?
09:57 VA Proposed Change to Sleep Apnea
13:21 What Should Veterans Claiming Sleep Apnea Do?
14:00 VA Proposed Changes to Mental Health
18:53 What Should Veterans Claiming Mental Health Do?
20:11 Things to Consider When Making a Claim Based on Policy Updates

Relevant Links:
Our Website: https://vadisabilitygroup.com/
Schedule of ratings—digestive system: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/4.114
NEW Diagnostic code for GERD: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/4.114#:~:text=7206%20Gastroesophageal%20reflux%20disease%3A
NEW Diagnostic code for IBS: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/4.114#:~:text=7319%20Irritable%20bowel%20syndrome%20(IBS)%3A
NEW VA Update For Guardsman VA Benefits Withholdings: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/12/2023-27176/active-service-pay
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2024/01/new-rule-allows-va-adjust-disability-compensation-prevent-overpayments/393210/#:~:text=The%20only%20way%20for%20the,news%20delivered%20to%20your%20inbox
Inspire Implant: https://www.inspiresleep.com/en-us/
Proposed changes to Mental Health: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/15/2022-02051/schedule-for-rating-disabilities-mental-disorders
News releases announcing proposed VA updates: https://news.va.gov/100285/va-proposes-updates-to-disability-rating-schedules-for-respiratory-auditory-and-mental-disorders-body-systems/
https://news.va.gov/129622/va-updates-disability-rating-schedule-for-digestive-system/
https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-proposes-updates-to-rating-schedule-for-respiratory-auditory-and-mental-disorders/
https://news.va.gov/100285/va-proposes-updates-to-disability-rating-schedules-for-respiratory-auditory-and-mental-disorders-body-systems/
VA Form 21-0966 Intent to File: https://www.va.gov/find-forms/about-form-21-0966/