rjvandenbos

Does anyone know anything about analagous ratings. I had my initial medical retirement due to a condition which I only received 10% for. I do have an 80% rating total for other problems. The ironic thing is the other conditions did not make me leave the service. I have a condition where when in high heat I develop blindness in one eye. So even activity which would raise my body temperture I will loose my vision. I have had neurologists go back and forth thinking it was M.S. Even though they say it may be an early form of M.S. they will not put down a diagnosis. Instead they put down another diagnosis of Uhtoffs phenomenom. Now there is not a rating for Uhtoffs but if one looks up Uhtoffs it is a presenting sign of M.S. When going through the Med board process legal halted the process because she felt this should have an analagous rating with M.S. even without the diagnosis. The Dr working on case kicked it through anyways without the rating. I am just thinking that I should be able to appeal this to get an analagous rating with M.S. Has anyone gone through an analagous rating before?

Just wait once they finally make a rating decision for them to actually pay the retro pay it could take almost another year. They first said a couple weeks. Then we called and they said it had to go thru DFAS audit then another 60 days. Then we called again and they said they have a new policy of 60-180 days. During this time after we had a decision and it already came back from audit it was reopened and went to administrative review. We are over 120days from the audit being done. So we just shake our heads and take a deep breath and wait some more.

My husband and I are both collecting disability. My husband had a rating change which qualified him for back pay and it had to go through DFAS for the usual audit. The VA stated 60days from the time DFAS was finished with the audit is how long it would take for the backpay to show up. Well 60days came and went so we called VA again. Now they state that their new guidelines are 60-180 days. It has just passed 120 days now. My real question is if the claim is complete and the audit is complete and the "administrative review" is complete why does it take 180days to submit a deposit??