Appealing Your Veterans Compensation Disability Claims NOD, DRO, BVA, USCAVC

3,123 questions in this forum

1. when the judge awards NEW SC THAT I DIDNT ASK FOR?

   WHAT KIND OF LAWS FOLLOW WHEN THE JUDGE GRANTS A NEW SERVICE CONNECTION THAT WAS NOT ON APPEAL BUT IT WAS FOUND WITHIN THE RECORD. ? LIKE DO I STILL HAVE RIGHT OF APPEAL ?

   Asked by paulcolrain, August 10, 2018

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3. Effective date

   I am 100% P&T for my back and hips Since November 2017 I appeal a claim for Anxiety back in 2015 I received the DRO decision from the records department, And it shows that my NOD from 2015 was granted that Day awarded me 100 percent for anxiety/depression, but I’m still Waiting for the reading desition. It shows effective date May 19, 2015, the Question that I have for you is as follow. I had submitted an Informal claim for an increase back in 1997 ;for my back and hips Condition. With the claim, there were Nexuses . Where the doctor Diagnosed and Mention that my back and hips were worse than before, and that I was suffering from An…

   Asked by mcsanty, August 9, 2018

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4. Claim closed as of Aug 1

   So, long story short.. my husband filed an Intent to File in September of 2015. He spent a year collecting medical records and everything he needed to submit his PTSD claim. He finally sent his claim in in September of 2016. He was finally awarded 70% disability in October of 2017, and with that award, he was backdated from September of 2016, when the claim was filed. Our thoughts were, he should have been awarded backdated pay to September of 2015 (when the Intent to File was received) so he sent in an appeal on the effective date. We converted to RAMP mid-March and have anxiously been awaiting the decision which should have been a no-brainer to me since the VA has…

   Asked by ErinNick, August 3, 2018

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5. BVA Decision on 2009 Claim in the Mail

   Greetings Update! Received notification on Ebenefits and Vets.gov that a BVA decision was made on one of my 2009 claims...the letter is in the mail. That claim was denied. Five other claims were sent back to the VA for further development...this is the third time. My docket is 11-12-911. I really don't know what to say...must be patience until the end. Best Regards Chiefhouse

   Asked by Chiefhouse, August 7, 2018

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6. kay2009

   I have never felt I had my late husbands complete medical records. I want to see things like why did his Simvastatin quit showing up on his medication list, the instructions, settings and how many hours to use his CPAP, why shouldn't he take benzo's and then he was. I asked for every page, every note, etc.. C file does not have any of his medical records in it. So, my question is, if I feel there is more information after many requests, should I use FOIA to ask for them? Thank you for your time. I would like to clarify that I have sent the proper forms (5X) to the facilities and gone through the Congress women. The Congress wome…

   Asked by Kay2009, August 6, 2018

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7. DONT BE FOOLED BY NO NEXUS!

   NO PRE SERVICE PROBLEMS... THEN ENLISTMENT EXAM PASSES WITHOUT A PROBLEM..... THEN IN SERVICE PROBLEM..... THAT IN ITSELF CREATES A NEXUS.... DONT BE FOOLED THAT IT DOESNT.... BY DEFINITION IF YOU HAD ALL EXAMS PRIOR TO SERVICE THEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM THAT IN IT SELF IS A NEXUS BETWEEN .... DONT GIVE UP AND FIGHT IT..... IF NO ONE CAN SAY ITS BEFORE THAN YOU HAVE WIN AT BVA AND CVAC. DONT LISTEN TO VSO JUST GO ALL THE WAY TO COURT. THE CVAC HAS STATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO PROVE THAT NO PROBLEM WAS AGGRAVATED DURING SERVICE. NOT THAT IT WAS CREATED B4 OR AFTER BUT THAT THE GOV HAS TO PROVE NO INCREASE DURING.. THAT IN ITSELF IS THE NEXUS WHEN THEY…

   Asked by paulcolrain, August 4, 2018

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8. cue or not to cue....

   ok so ,,,, if you read back on some of my posts you will see the issues i was having with the va, long short.. i was : 20bilat 20bilat 20bilat 20bilat and 40 = 76.4 PAYS 80 NOW IM, 40 bilat 20bilat 20bilat 20bilat and 40. = 83.4 PAYS 80

   Asked by paulcolrain, May 26, 2018

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   • cue
   • increase
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9. BVA DECIDED TODAY.. I HAVE A QUESTION

   OK SO I HAD LIKE 5 ISSUES ON APPEAL AT THE BOARD IN D.C.. INCREASE RADIC BILAT EFFECTIVE DATE RADIC BILAT EFFECTIVE DATE OF LUMBAR INCREASE FROM 10 TO 40 SERVICE CONNECTION FOR BILAT HIPS... NOW THE BILAT HIPS SERVICE CONNECTION WAS GRANTED AS OF A BOARD DECISION WRITTEN AUG 2017 AND REST GOT REMANDED...NOW AUGUST 6 2018 THE REMANDS WHERE DECIDED... OK NO REAL CLUE BUT VA.GOV IS CONFUSING ME.... IT SAYS EFFECTIVE DATE DENIED INCREASE RADIC DENIED THEN IT SAYS ISSUES EFFECTIVE DATE GRANTED AND ... SO ANY ONE ELSE HAVE CONFUSING VETS.GOV STATUS AND OR IF ANYONE WAS ISSUED SCHEDULAR INCREASE DOES IT ACTUALLY STATE THOSE WORDS OR DOES I…

   Asked by paulcolrain, August 6, 2018

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10. DRO Hearing Aug. 6 in WACO, need advice

    Hello all, A few years back I posted a couple stories regarding the VA losing my claims from 2007 to 2012. (Awarded 90% on May 2016 for claim filed July 2014, NOD Filed May 2017 for EED of 12/04/2007 (Date of Discharge) First claim filed Nov. 1, 2017. VA Requested my STR on Nov. 19, 2007). It's been a very long road. TO summarize, through the VARO and my VSO, we discovered that not only are my claims missing, but ALL RECORDS from my C-File from 2007-2012, even records from my treatment at the Dallas and Fort Worth VAMC during the time period in question. The only claim they have prior to 2014, is an Intent to file on Jan 3, 2012, but they can't find the formal clai…

    Asked by firemoth, July 27, 2018

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11. VSO AT BVA LEVEL SAY DELUCA DOESNT APPLY???

    SO ,,, ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE VSO'S AT THE BVA LEVEL ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE DELUCA ARGUMENT OF LOOKING TOWARD THE MEDICAL EVALUATION FOR FUNCTIONAL LOSS DOES NOT APPLY TO CLAIMS THAT ARE AWARDED WITH ORIGINAL GRANT OF SERVICE CONNECTION RATING CRITERIA... LIKE WHAT??????? ACCORDING TO THEM THE APPEALS MANAGEMENT CENTER AT THE BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS IS NOT LOOKING FOR DELUCA IF YOUR AWARD IS THE FIRST AWARD OF SERVICE CONNECTION. THEY ONLY CONSIDER DELUCA WHEN ITS A GRANT FOR INCREASE.

    Asked by paulcolrain, July 28, 2018

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12. I was given a rating before all my tests were completed

    Hello everybody, I was awarded a 50% back in December 2016, but I had one more test to complete to determine whether or not I have sleep apnea. My sleep study test was scheduled for January 2017 and it came back positive for OSA, therefore the VA gave me a CPAP machine. I claimed it secondary to gerd which is rated at 0%. I sent in my NOD on march 20th and 7 months later I have not received any updates. Should this appeal be in my favor? Edit: Forgot to mention I made the appeal with the DRO in Houston, TX

    Asked by Fearless, October 22, 2017

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13. Ramp

    I selected The higher level review lane with a informal conference April 5. I checked Ebenefits yesterday and it says status: Pending Decision Approval. I'm happy that they are working on my Appeal but I'm confused how there has been a decision made and neither me or my lawyer received a call from The DRO. Has anyone else experienced this situation.. I'm not sure what to think.

    Asked by Unique11128, June 17, 2018

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