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I am currently waiting for a rating decision on my claim for TBI. I have had the C&P exam for TBI.
My question is, how a civilian neuropsychological test results would help my claim for TBI?
I had a the civilian test done and while the entire results are long, a few sections of the results almost mirror the rating criteria for total in the VA diagnostic code 8045.
I will list a few results from the civilian neuro test results:
Under Attention:1. Notable difficulty in selective, focused, and divided and/or alternating attention(moderate)2. Impairment in concentration (mild-moderate)
Memory:1. Problems in verbal short-term memory marked by loss of information due to decay or interference(mild)
Learning and Memory:1. Moderate-severe impairment in ability to learn and immediately recall simple familiar words from a list when given opportunities for rehearsal and repetition; notable inability to remember expected number of words after 5 repetitions (CVLT Total List A < 1st %tile), a significantly below-average performance in comparison to age and education cohorts (moderate-severe)
Final diagnoses:
Post-Concussion SyndromeConcussionsDysthymic disorderPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Summary:
* Probable degradation in (1) general intellectual ability and impairment in aspects of cognition, including (2) attention and concentration; (3) language and communication, particularly verbal fluency; (4) learning and memory , especially in the acquisition of new information and recall from short-term memory; (5) and, higher order processes such as cognitive flexibility*Depression with anxiety
I was wondering how this testing would compliment my claim since I included it in my claim and a copy was included with my C&P exam. During the abbreviated neuro eval the VA does I had similar difficulty with as my civilian test. There were references to Moderate and Moderate-severe in the civilian test and I feel this meets the rating criteria for rating code 8045 such as "objective evidence on testing of severe impairment of memory, attention, concentration, or executive function resulting in severe functional impairment. And all of this is assuming service connection.
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