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Drillserg63

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  1. I was awarded a claim for hypertensive heart disease by the Bva about 4 years ago. It was sent back to regional office for rating. They rated me # 60%. The effective date of claim is 2011. I have a couple of other issues I would like to file for. Hypothyroidism, and knee replacement. I'm just concerned about the regional office trying to lower my rating.
  2. I am service connected for my thyroid. Just had a biopsy and it was benign. However the doctor wants to have it removed because it's pushed my throat to the left as evidenced by X-ray. It's service connected at 0 percent. My question is I know if you had a malignant tumor you would be eligible for a 100 rating for 6 months. Being that it's benign do I still qualify for a convalescent rating temporarily. Thanks for any help
  3. for some reason I can't access my mail or login screen. Every time I click on my mail the screen kind of freezes
  4. ok as all know I was granted service connection by bva. Hypertensive heart disease secondary to hypertension. Now my question is in my file there is a nuclear stress test that list my ejection fraction @ 50%. WWhich would warrant a 60% rating. There is also a c&p exam documenting left ventricle hypertrophy. So could the regional office use these to complete my grant. I'm tired of exams. My attorney sent the VSR at my regional office a email of bva decisions and told me the reason was he wanted to get them started on my ratings, as according to him it takes awhile to download through the system
  5. Thanks e everyone. Mrs Berta you are right. I had one negative c&p exam and one positive. The dro denied it. My private Dr did a IMO for free. Bva gave it great weight in the decision
  6. Filed appeal in 2012. Denied by dro in 2014. Certified in 2014. Bva hearing in Jan 2016.
  7. got the official letter today. Hypertensive heart disease secondary to hypertension is granted. Thanks to all here for help and support. Especially Alex
  8. There is a 800 number on their site. Goggle osbudsman their customer service
  9. checked e-benefits. Say's my appeal @ Bva is complete. No open Appeals. Actually had to go under historical Appeals to find it. Called bva and was told decision is being mailed today
  10. You filed your Nod in November 2014. It been about 17 months. I doubt the dro has even gotten to your appeal with the backlog. Mine took about 3 years. Some are taking 4 years. What varo is processing your appeal. I think that is what is going on here. Try to be patient. Dro reviews take a while. Hope this helps
  11. I think it's the other way around. Sleep apnea causes hypertension. If you file as hypertension caused by sleep apnea it will be denied. I think you would first have to connect the sleep apnea then file for hypertension as a secondary. But you will need a nexus letter with out a doubt
  12. I had my hearing in jan2016. My docket number is early 2014. My attorney said 6 to 8 months for a decision. This makes sense if you search their decisions. You will see some docket dates from 2014 that where not Advanced. Plus I personally called bva and was told they are in fact up to 2014 docket dates. I don't get it when folks say once bva has received your appeal you're looking at 3 years. Heck it takes the varo 3 years to send it to bva. So from what bva told me. And from looking at their decisions my guess would be if your date is from 2015 I would say you're looking at mid to late 2017. Without being Advanced
  13. thanks everyone. Especially Asknod. You are always right on the money. Thanks for helping me keep my sanity
  14. yes i had my hearing on 01/11/2016. Appeal from 2011 denial. 2014 docket number
  15. well after checking e benefits i see my appeal status went from administrative processing to being assigned a docket number and waiting to be assigned to vlg. This is confusing as i have known my docket number for 2 years. And why does it say waiting to be assigned to vlg. I thought the vlg who conducted your hearing is the judge assigned to your appeal
  16. well called bva the guy said they take 4 /6 weeks to type it. What doe's that mean
  17. thanks everyone for the support and advice. I used to trust the va. Now i see they are not looking out for the veterans best interest. The denial plus the things the coach was telling me made it painfully obvious they were not on my side. Just a bunch of bs
  18. thanks mrs Berta. Yes them seem to be good at overlooking evidence. The coach even called me after i wrote the Va secretary. They had an executive order to call me. I asked the coach if they had the nexus from my private Dr. He said that he did. But wouldn't consider it. I then told him well the nuclear stress test diagnosis me with ischemia. And according to m21-1mr you are supposed to grant service connection without a nexus. He said well they are not accurate. I told him you are not a doctor. He was starting to piss me off. So I gathered myself and told him to. Just certify my appeal. I think they were pissed because I wrote the Va secretary. We served in the same airborne unit. My case is now listed in administrative processing. So I don't know how much longer.
  19. had bva hearing for a appeal. For a appeal from 2011. With 2 positive nexus letters and one negative. Lawyer asked judge if there was anything else that we could provide to substantiate the claim. He said no. The judge said I was a credible witness and that I had very significant evidence. Appeal is for hypertensive heart disease secondary to service connected hypertension. When the c&p Dr changed my diagnosis to valve disease and the dro denied. My private Dr since has provided a nexus letter saying I do have hhd and it is more likely than not related to hypertension. I even sent the dro my progress notes which says hhd without heart failure and an icd code. He put in the SOC that is not a diagnosis. My attorney told the judge this is an error on Va part. The first c&p Dr wrote in his opinion that the subsequent condition hhd is at least as likely as not related to hypertension because medically there is a pathological relationship. The diagnosis hypertension because they are the same condition just named differently. Seems the dro just found an examiner to support the denial and totally over looked my positive evidence. Heck he didn't even mention the 2 positive nexus in the soc
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