So a quick update to my denied claim for Gout secondary to DMII. I went to see a VSO today, and they provided me a copy of the DBQ the C&P examiner filled out. And of course the verbiage from the decision letter and the DBQ does not match. For one, it mentioned in the decision letter the the examiner opined that my claimed condition was less likely than not(less than 50 percent proximately due to or the result of either of your service connected conditions. However that statement is not written any where on the DBQ. Furthermore it is not even suggested that that is what the examiner intended it to mean.
The decision letter goes on to say that my chronic kidney disease was diagnosed three years after after my gout. Again, the doctor did not write that on the DBQ, nor is the statement true at all.
So needless to say I will be appealing, but I was thankful the VSO printed out the examiner's DBQ for me.
So for everyone reading this, ensure you get the examiners DBQ and compare it to the decision letter to see if they properly align.
Lastly the info I received from these postings were very helpful, so thank you all so much!