I originally submitted my sleep apnea claim back in Jan 2008. I had no clue at that time what I was doing, did not know how to provide the right support for it, and I lost. Then last year around this time I stumbled on to HADIT.COM and started reading every post I could find. I posted a few things and got a lot of great advice. So I submitted a request to re-open my sleep apnea claim due to new evidence that included lay letters, articles, and a NEXUS letter. Facebook helped a little due to being connected with several of my old shipmates there that provided lay letters for me. All of that worked! I received a decision letter about a month ago saying it was granted as secondary to my service connected GERD. That approval along with two other new claims that were approved put me at 80%.
All I can say is thank you for creating HADIT and thanks to all the folks who have provided me and many other people with great advice and hope that all is not lost.