Originally Posted by
MarineHarrier
I talked with my AME. It didn't seem that difficult. Do you have some kind of insight into this "very uphill battle"?
If you tell the FAA you don't have OSA, you'll have to give up the VA pay. You can't have OSA for one federal agency, but not have it for another.
If you want to have OSA for VA purposes, you'll need to show that you can mitigate the condition to the FAAs satisfaction. If your AME has it under control, great. But the FAA has upped their scrutiny of OSA for some reason. Lots of guys getting benched right now. A high BMI can get you a presumptive diagnosis from the FAA, which you then have to disprove.
Probably more of a time and money issue than an uphill issue.