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CP exam, everything denied, straight to BVA in DC
I'm kind of confused and concerned about this one... I submitted my VA Disability claim for multiple items way back in 2011. I got a very bad CP exam doc who denied everything despite nearly 20 years...
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Donating blood is good for you!
I recently learned how donating blood was good for (many people, not everyone) Men, especially, tend to have too much iron. (Women lose Iron from menstration, so its rarely a problem for women to...
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Any science or assertion linking: SC Hearing Loss & faster than average...
Good morning, this is a post I made on another VA message site. Posts: 177Feb 25 16 5:20 PM Based on a recent hearing test below, and using Hutsky hearing loss calculator (he is a Genius), I...
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Is DBQ absolutely necessary for a FDC?
I recently saw a doctor (Dr John Ellis) for a nexus letter for menieres disease. IMO he wrote an excellent 4 page nexus letter. When i asked him to fill out the DBQ i brought, he said he doesn't use...
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Ailments occurred after service
Here's my story, served from 86-95, left the US to live and work in Asia from 1996-2011, came back in the US for 18 months and went to Germany 2011-2015 to work and came back in the US in Jan 2015....
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Sleep Apnea Disability Benefits Questionnaire
I am filing for an increase in my VA rating for PTSD and my VSO advised that I should put in for sleep apnea as well. I was never diagnosed in the service but did have a sleep study done at the VA a...
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Diabetic Neropathy and Sciatica
Are diabetic neuropath and sciatica rated separately or together under "nerves"?
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HOW DO THEY SIGN A VA REGIONAL OFFICE ON FDC'S
Hi. I have been retired for nearly 4 years now and just filed a claim in August of this year. I reside in TX, work in Texas BUT the letter I received from the VA stating they received my claim and are...
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Fighting with ARB!!
ARB (ARMY REVIEW BOARDS) of Military Records, Arlington Va. I been trying to get my DD-214 corrected and orderd my MSRs from NARPC in St Louis they sent me a few but none of the records have what...
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Submit VA Form 21-0781 PTSD for Anxiety????
Situation is, a private clinician wrote a statement connecting my service with anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified that DID include 'Traits' of PTSD and depression in that diagnosis. eBenefits...
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Should I be concerned ebenefits doesn't display previously displayed...
I submitted documents on ebenefits and it showed them all under the submitted documents tab. Ebenefits was updated and all the submitted documents disappeared from the submitted documents tab. Should...
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VA General Counsel Precedent Opinions
I am sure we have a link to them here but could not find it. http://www.va.gov/ogc/precedentopinions.asp Most VAOGC precedent setting opinions are incorporated into M21-1MR changes but that does not...
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Knee(s) disability rating increase
I got out of the Army 2 years ago, did 10 years total with deployments. I get a rating of 30% now (10% for bursitis in my left shoulder, and 20% for degenerative disk disease in my lumbar spine), with...
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The Power Of 38 Cfr 4.6
I mention here ,from time to time, the power of 38 CFR 4.6. I am putting this in the main forum because I think VA makes more CUEs regarding this regulation, then we know.One of the first things vet...
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Here's my nexus letter for Menieres disease.
Attached is an IMO that received back in August. Overlook the info about other injuries, my focus is more on the nexus establishing menieres disease. My military medical records don't say anything...
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Retroactive VA disability pay for depenents, VA in denial?
I was granted 30% last year and paid retroactive disability pay to when I started my claim. I submitted my dependent status form for my wife and 2 kids immediately after my notification, through the...
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Appeal REMANDED for the Second time!
This is crazy, I started a claim in 2004, they finally got around to making a decision to deny it in 2008, finally made it to the BVA in 2010. Then in 2015 it made it to a VLJ who REMANDED it back to...
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LITTLE ROCK CLEVELAND ST PETERSBURG
Tell me not to be bummed, but after reading some prior posts about St Petersburg, I'm not so sure;. My claim was complete, but then went back to a VSR in N. Little Rock for some fine tuning, Then, I...
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How likely am I to get disability compensation?
I am still in the Air National Guard and my ETS is next month, I am about to get out. I also recently just got back from deployment last month and I feel like my mental health got worse. Ever since...
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