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alantleasure

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  1. Hello everyone and a big thank you to everyone on this page for the posts that I have read while going through my process. I am currently rated at 100% schedular. Today I received a letter from the VA in the mail with a rating decision stating that I currently have a total service-connected disability, permanent in nature. I have looked on the VA website for info about the CHAMPVA but it seems very limited in detail. Does anyone have insight on that? Thank you for any reply ahead of time! Alan
  2. I had lumbar fusion surgery back in October 2015 and have been receiving temp 100% since that time. My initial time off work was to be 3 months but due to complications with my back and in my legs, it has caused me to be off work much longer and there is no news of if i will get to return to work. I am currently filing a claim for TDIU. My question is, how long can you claim the temp 100%? Have seen articles where people have claimed it for 3 months and where they were able to claim it for 6 month increments until they were able to get the TDIU approved. Any isight on this? Thanks so much.
  3. I recently underwent lumbar fusion (L5-S1) and since have had major issues with my legs and feet. I am rated for IVDS and have bilateral radiculopathy as a secondary rating. Recently I was diagnosed with bilateral flat foot by the VA. I have an external doctor that will nexus the flat feet to my back and legs. My question is, I have looked into the va ratings but can't find anything specific to a rating percentage for flat feet. Does anyone know what the rating percentages are for them? Thanks in advance!
  4. Looking for some extra guidance. I go through a county VSO and they are a great asset to have but I always like to do my own research and last time i went in, the info i got from reading here and from the post i had helped out my award the last time. I am currently rated 10% for a lumbar strain. I am going through a C&P that is pending at this point. Prior to the C&P exam but after I filed, I had to have emergent surgery on my L5-S1 (i was falling constantly). In the claim, I filed for an increase in my low back strain, i filed for the bilateral leg weakness associated with the foot drop, bilateral radiculopathy, among many other things. Most pertaining to the back and the symptoms. I am rated for the left hip and knee and filed for right knee and hip secondary to the altered gait which is in appeals and sent in a nexus letter. Since surgery i have had lot of issues with my lower legs and the nerves. Mind you it has been 17 years since the initial injury so i expected the problems with the nerves. The doctor told me it wasn't going to be an easy road and i may always have it. It has (knock on wood) corrected the constant falling that i was having so to me the surgery was a success. My question to everyone is about the new symptom. I have since developed bilateral restless leg syndrome (RLS). I have the cramping like i just ran a marathon, pins and needles, and the feeling like something is constantly crawling on my skin. This is all in the evening and thought the night. All of which has developed post surgery and has increased every day since. because i am rated for the radiculopathy, is this something that the VA considers to be the same or is this in a totally different class of its own? I plan on filing a claim on it any way but my near Surgeon is sending me to a Neurologist so i want to wait to make sure that the diagnosis is there first. I am also trying to get into both my VA and personal primary care to get the diagnosis as well in order to have it well documented as i know how the VA wants it spelled out for them. I am just curious how they like to rate this. Also, because of the RLS, this has caused a massive issue with sleep disturbance. Is this something that i should file with it as they go hand in hand? How do you guys think i should handle this to have the best outcome? Thank you so much!!
  5. I am rated for a scar that was done in the military related to a mark they thought was cancerous on my head. With that being said, i had surgery on my knee to attempt to correct what i am service connected for. Because of this surgery, i have a large scar down the front of my knee. Since this was done after discharge from the military, can i claim the residual scar now? If so, should it be claimed as a secondary to the SC disability. Any insight on this either way and how to claim it would be much appreciated.
  6. I am getting ready to pull all of my stuff together for a new file but kind of confused about the va rating system for the lumbar back strain. I am currently rated 10% for a lumbar strain. Since that original rating, i have become worse. More herniated discs sine the original claim, constant pain and numbness down both legs, etc. So looking at the increased rating information, it is all based on ROM. Is this correct? If so, the other stuff thats been going on is not going to matter then? The physician that i see externally from the VA has created a nexus that all of it is intertwined including the pain in my hips and knees that i am going for a secondary connection. With all of the other things going on like the numness and foot drop/weaknes, would this get possibly rated as secondary claims to the original? I am also considering the possiblity of asking for a change into the IVDS rating for increased compensation possibilities since this matches more closely what is going on. Any guidance is greatly appreciated.
  7. I am currently rated 10% for a lumbosacral strain in 2004. I am also rated for my Left knee and hip. I am currently in appeal status for secondary claims of my right hip and knee from my lower back. I was diagnosed with low back strain while on active duty so i understand that. I had an MRI that was used in the rating. It showed at the time L5-S1 disc herniation. Since that time, i have had 2 MRIs, with the latest showing a herniation of L3-L4, L4-L5, and L5-S1 with herniation contacting the nerve roots. I have started injections into my back and it has become rather difficult to deal with the pain and numbness that are going on right now down both legs and in my back. I am planning on requesting an increase for the low back strain in the near future. After reading in here about the change to the rating for IVSD, is this something that i could claim as a separate claim to the Lumbar strain? Or is this something that would all fall under the same category? I wasn't sure if i could have 2 separate claims that would be VA rated or if they would either convert the strain to the IVSD. Any help on this would be really appreciated.I am planning on meeting with the VSO in the coming month or so to see what the options are on this but just wanted another opinion. Thanks yo much!!
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