This type of rhetoric is dangerous, unacceptable, and spreads needless fear in the veteran community.
H.R. 9237 does not cut VA disability payments for sleep apnea, tinnitus, or any other condition.
It does not dismiss these conditions existing, or the potential tie these conditions could have to a veteran’s military service.
That's not a talking point, it's a fact.
What H.R. 9237 actually does: simply allows VA’s disability ratings schedule to reflect the effective medical treatment that is associated with sleep apnea and the modern medicine that shows that tinnitus is linked to another medical disorder.
Veterans living with these conditions now – as well as future veterans – would continue to be adequately compensated and support by VA’s disability benefits system. Period. Read the bill. Know the facts. Full stop.