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I HAD A RE-EXAMINATION TO CHECK ON MY PROSTATE CANCER IN OCTOBER '09. HAD SEED IMPLANTS IN FEB'08. HAD BEEN MONITORING PSA RESULTS FROM 17.0 JUST AFTER INPLANTS TO OCT.'09 AT .375. VA SENT A LETTER PROPOSING TO LOWER MY TEMPORIAL 100% TO 60% FOR LEAKAGE PROBLEMS, BRINGING ME TO 80% TOTAL. PC-60%/ PTSD-50%/ HEARING-10%/ SMC. I SENT A NOD BECAUSE OF THE C&P EXAMINATION WAS NOT FULL AND COMPLETE. THEY USED BLOOD WORK FROM 6 MONTHS PREVIOUS TO MY EXAMINE. I ALSO WAS ON 100% FROM 2004 OVER FIVE YEARS. ALSO OVER AGE 55. LATER, IN JANUARY 2010, I WAS HOSPITALIZED IN THE VA WITH KIDNEY PROBLEMS AND THE PSA WAS TAKEN AND WAS .250. MY QUESTION IS, CAN THE C&P USE OLD (6 MONTHS) BLOOD WORK? THE PHYSICAL WAS ACTUALLY PUSHING ON MY STOMACH AREA, ASKED IF MY BACK HURT, AND FELT MY ANKLES. A WOMAN PREFORMED THE PHYSICAL, NO ATTENDANT PRESENT, NO FINGER WAVE OR CHECKING ON PRIVATE PARTS. THE ONLY ACTUAL TEST WAS THE PSA OF .375. WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE MY CHANCES OF WINNING THE NOD? ALSO, OF GETTING A FULL & COMPLETE PHYSICAL, OR WAS "THAT" THE FULL & COMPLETE EXAMINE? SINCE MY PSA LEVELS ARE STILL DROPPING, IS THIS CONSIDERED MAXIMUN RECOVERY?
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