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Posts posted by brokensoldier244th
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Got you . 'common' usage of a loaded word. Sorry! :-)
broken,
Remand is not a VARO term unless it comes from the CAVC,BVA or AMC.
The rater could make a decision to have some additional development done.
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Thats the basics of it, yes, but it can go to approval, and then be reviewed and sent back to development and more C&Ps could be ordered too. There is no real guideline for each stage. If you live in a state with an RO that does expidited claims that is an option, but you waive some things and it shortens the appeal period afterwards that you have, vs. someone else that didn't do it that way.
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Could be days, could be weeks, could be remanded back down to a rater after review for more information or C&Ps, too.
Good luck.
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I got a phone call to verify my dependent's status this morning at relatively O dark Thirty. Later today I logged onto Ebenefits and saw the image below-any ideas?
So....does anyone know what this means?
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Ok now is this what they do at the c and p exam the things that you guys spoke about or is that what a va dr does ? How can i prove my urine frequency? How will they try to disaprove it?
Same thing, most of the time. The list of tests that can be performed by VA for a C and P is on line. Yours would probably be under urogenitary or urology.
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/exams/
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You are in the 'go fishing' stage. After your C&P's are transmitted you are in the queue. Where that is solely depends on what RO you are under and their backlog.
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good question. Id like to know what constitutes 'urinary urgency' too.
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Thanks, Phil *fixed*
Im more attentive to other stuff now-its kind of like being in HS when you were always worried about being caught......all work up and no bang.
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My doctor typed this up and faxed it to me today for ED. She is not a specialist, but we did spend over an hour going through my cfile, MRI's, xrays, etc-so at least she's a good doctor, and we have an 8 year comfort history, so it wasn't *too* awkward to talk about.
"Dr. So-and-SoFamily Practice, Name of Medical Practice Date
To Whom it May Concern,I have reviewed Mr. Veterans service medical records pertaining to his back injury that he sustained while in the service in 2002. I saw him August 6th and we went through the history and current issues involved with his low back pain and radiculopthy. At that time he told me that he has had issues with erections and premature ejaculation since that injury was sustained. Therefore it is my opinion that his current symptoms appear to coincide with the injury in service. We have started him on Paxil as that does tend to help delay ejaculation and hopefully will improve his symptoms. If there is any further information I can provide please contact me at >.......ph number
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Doctor Doctor, M.D.
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I had a C and P for peripheral neuropathy three weeks ago and the end result (according to her) was that there was not enough clinical evidence to support the PA making an opinon for that or ED. She had my C file and brought the highlights and my own doctors notes with me to the C and P.
Yippee. i love PA's. I have a nexus letter for ED because of my DDD....but apparently no clinical evidence. Awesome.
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Kelly-I found when I did lvl 2 authentication at the RO that my current info didn't jive with my Deers info, so they had some issues at first with providing me Lvl 2. If your records are old enough to not have been digitized yet, that may also explain why it can't be found.
The message "application not available" is related to the fact that they have screwy maintenance schedules, not any one veterans login-I was getting that yesterday as well.
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What error do you get when trying to sign in?
Being ID verified won't do you any good, probably, unless you are registered for Ebenefits first, and its the registration portal between MyhealthVet and Ebenefits that has been broken since July. i got in at the end of July, and the portal between the two has been broken ever since (must by my fault) It took me about 5 minutes to sign up and link the two sites, then another 20-30 to go to the RO (here in lincoln, where I live) and get ID verified for level 2-but i still had to be registered for the site to log in. The ID verify doesn't do that part.
Do you know how to take a screen shot of your screen when the error is on there?
(Press ALT and the PRNT Scrn key at the same time, then open MS Paint, then save as JPEG or JPG).
Then post that screenshot at an attachment here on hadit so I/we can see the error. Maybe if we see what you are seeing it will help.
While at the VA Regional office today, I went to the Benefits office. Again, as I did a couple months ago. I expalined I had alreayd been there and the the website will not let me sign in. I already had an account a froma few years ago on that MyHealth vet website.. but wanted access to E-benefits website. He told me that I need to go to the Library at the VA Hospital, I told him I had already gone there a few weeks ago,, that was after signing up at the VA regional office a few weeks before that.
I explained even though I went through the verigfciation process at least 2x now, and had a miserable time at the VA patient library, and the lady there was clueless and treated my like I was stupid, and she never heard of the E-Benefits website.
moving on, at the VA regional office, I with through the I.D. Verifican process for the 3x time.
I am not sure if I am even going to ever use it, it is just a joke. I told him even with I tried to cal the phone number on the website, no one answers.. Someone posted on this website it is working again, but I tried a few days ago, after they said it is working, it still woul not let me me sign up and sign in..
Just sayin...
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No, the RO probably read it wrong. I did the same thing on mine and the missed it, buried in the text. So I refiled it.
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My increase right now shows up on Ebenefits. Is there anything about your PTSD submission, or is it just missing? I had a claim for ED that I submitted that wasn't showing up on Ebenefits , and after a week or so I emailed my VSO and he suggested resubmitting it (I had submitted both claims on one form, so maybe they missed that one). I re-did it separately and it showed up in a few days.
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Yup, im getting 30.8 rounded to 31%. KIM that you can't just add the percentages though, just in this case it ended up being 30%.
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I had this problem when I got hurt during my last week in basic (fell from an obstacle onto my ruck, carrying the radio-two lower blown discs) during our final field exercise. I was 23 and told that I would have to be fixed and recycled, which could take months, and my family was back home taking care of my mom. I sucked on a bottle(s) of ibuprofen, did the final road march, got seen by BAS while clearing post to AIT, and started all over again there. It was almost 2 months before I got an X-ray or MRI. By that point they realized I wasn't making shit up. Then it was another 7-8 months to process the MEB/PEB. I was in for year and didn't do jack. My command got tired of me and finally issued me a permanent pass to move about post just so I could keep on all the stuff I had to do. I shudder to think what would have happened if Id been an 18 year old fresh from home trainee instead of 23 and college educated with life/work experience.
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Will do. Its pretty well documented in my SMR's, too. Ive just not had an C&P where they basically make no decision at all. The other ones read pretty definitively.
The rater at the regional office looks over everything. Inservice records, any further records of treatment you may have sent them, or from other physicians or therapists who may have treated you and then finally they look at the C&P exam notations and opinions of the examiner. If you feel that the outcome is not favorable then you can always appeal it with a NOD notice of disagreement. Doesn't read too well but one never knows what other validating info is in your previous records of exams inservice. Wait and see, and if you have further info of the claimed conditions and further evidence not submitted, send it asap.
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So, since the C&P PA basically makes no decision what so ever, the rater will just have to go off of whatever else they have, or will they just ignore it since it's not "VA" saying it?
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*LOL*
So, wait and see, then rebutt, not get my doc to write up a 3rd grade worded nexus and send in now while pending? She wrote up a narrative already-that they have, but didn't spell it out conclusively and didn't write my prescription in the exam notes from that day for the Paxil.
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I have my C&P results for radicular numbness and pain for my left extremity (for svc connection), and erectile difficulty. My right leg is already connected (10%, and 40% for IVDS).
What is the point of a C&P if the PA's opinion of everything is "clinical record is insufficient......therefore an opinion is rendered moot." Isn't that, kind of, their job? So, im crazy now, or am just not reading it right? So, what does that mean? I don't go to the doctor every time my toe tingles-they can't 'do' anything about it. Same with the PME/erectile difficulty, this was the first time I brought it up (HA!) to my own doc, though my wife typed a statement as well, and my PCP noted my complaint about it in 2003 right after I got out. I guess I don't know how to generate clinical evidence for a noted chronic, course since onset progressively worse condition.
The C&P doc a few days after my doctor's examination says there is some diminished sensation in left great toe, but reflexes are normal, "Course since Onset-progressively worse", plantar flexion normal, and "in regards to radiculopathy of the left lower extremity lumbar spine, there is insufficient clinical evidence of any acute or chornic conditoin or any residuals thereo and thus the requested opinion and rationale are rendered moot." She did note impairments to employment duties, inscreased abseteeism, and how it affects my home life and abilities there, but im sitting here right now and can't feel my toes in my left foot. WTF>
*sigh*
My claim is still pending, the results were just narrated a few days ago, but I have a list of stuff the screen the length of my forearm on Ebenefits-statements from work, my wife, my doctor, etc, that show diminished reflex, pain, numbness, weakness etc. The VA PA's physical exam was the same week as my doctor's, and my doctor notes diminished reflexes and weakness, antalgic gait, diffuculty with standing, difficulty doing toe raises, and she prescribed Paxil for PME, and states that it is most likely due to my lower lumber DDD. I also have current x rays showing disc space stenosis at L4-5, and L2-L3. She (my doc) notes "straight leg positve at 45% on the right, and 40% on the left. He is able to to and heel walk although he does this with some difficulty. He has limited amount of toe raises that he can do right foot and left foot but initially can't do them. The patients gait is antalgic. The patient has issues with sexual dysfunction and has troubles with PME."
Okay, im done now, I think. Im just frustrated-I guess I wait for the decision and see what I see, right?
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So....does one wait until your rating to rebut, or can you rebut if you already have the C&P copy?
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I have my C&P results for radicular numbness and pain for my left extremity (for svc connection), and erectile difficulty. My right leg is already connected (10%, and 40% for IVDS).
What is the point of a C&P if the PA's opinion of everything is "clinical record is insufficient......therefore an opinion is rendered moot." Isn't that, kind of, their job? So, im crazy now, or am just not reading it right? So, what does that mean? I don't go to the doctor every time my toe tingles-they can't 'do' anything about it. Same with the PME/erectile difficulty, this was the first time I brought it up (HA!) to my own doc, though my wife typed a statement as well, and my PCP noted my complaint about it in 2003 right after I got out. I guess I don't know how to generate clinical evidence for a noted chronic, course since onset progressively worse condition.
The C&P doc a few days after my doctor's examination says there is some diminished sensation in left great toe, but reflexes are normal, "Course since Onset-progressively worse", plantar flexion normal, and "in regards to radiculopathy of the left lower extremity lumbar spine, there is insufficient clinical evidence of any acute or chornic conditoin or any residuals thereo and thus the requested opinion and rationale are rendered moot." She did note impairments to employment duties, inscreased abseteeism, and how it affects my home life and abilities there, but im sitting here right now and can't feel my toes in my left foot. WTF>
*sigh*
My claim is still pending, the results were just narrated a few days ago, but I have a list of stuff the screen the length of my forearm on Ebenefits-statements from work, my wife, my doctor, etc, that show diminished reflex, pain, numbness, weakness etc. The VA PA's physical exam was the same week as my doctor's, and my doctor notes diminished reflexes and weakness, antalgic gait, diffuculty with standing, difficulty doing toe raises, and she prescribed Paxil for PME, and states that it is most likely due to my lower lumber DDD. I also have current x rays showing disc space stenosis at L4-5, and L2-L3. She (my doc) notes "straight leg positve at 45% on the right, and 40% on the left. He is able to to and heel walk although he does this with some difficulty. He has limited amount of toe raises that he can do right foot and left foot but initially can't do them. The patients gait is antalgic. The patient has issues with sexual dysfunction and has troubles with PME."
Okay, im done now, I think. Im just frustrated-I guess I wait for the decision and see what I see, right?
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Im going to go in and verify today, so we'll see how/if it shows me anything different when I get back to work from lunch.
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My private doc noted antalgic gait (no leg favored listed) in my last exam that I got to build my case for an increase and for service connection that I had a month ago. Can gait alone be secondary? Im currently claiming for svc connection for left leg radiculopathy, right leg worsening, and ED as a result of DDD and medication. I didn't specifically claim 'altered gait'. Do I have to, or do they read between the lines? (ha)
Hmm...that could be interesting if they raise my existing Rt extremity from 10%, or somehow figure the gait into my request to service connect my left extremity.
rgero311975, I received 20% for radiculopathy left lower extremity. My initial claim was (pain in left leg, hip, foot and buttocks)> The va states that diagnosis of radiculopathy of the left lower extremity with positive nerve conduction studies, an antalgic gait favoring the left lower extremity and objective findings to include decreased light touch sensation below the knee, lateral aspect of the left to the dorsum of the left foot. I am sercice connected 20% for lumbar strain with ddd, with the radiculopathy being secondary. I did have a civilian dr do the emg which had confirmed left lower radiculopathy. My VSO was surprised of the percentage he did state that radiculopathy normally rates at 10%. Did you state having painin your buttocks? I did and they lumped the left buttocki in with the left radiculopathy and I received 0% for the right buttock.
Don't give up.
Postman56
Phone Call To Verify Dependents This Am, Then This....
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Well, that could be good.......
it just looks weird since there is the overview says 'development' and the closed/historical are for things that don't sound like claim actions.
*shrug*