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true- you may have high frequency hearing loss, which, when paired with tinnitus, really sucks. Even a 0% rating is a win, though, because you can get hearing aids to boost those frequencies and many have a subtone that helps cancel out the tinnitus. The last pair of Phonak's I got do this, and also let me adjust hearing more to the front, rear, or all around, and bass/trebel. They are also rechargeable just like a pair of earbuds, so I don't have to worry about batteries, either.

VA Hearing exams are based on 2 factors- a puretone audio exam, and the Maryland CNC Speech Discrimination test, which uses 50 words to determine the level of speech discrimination (how well you hear common words).

Its a standard thing- for all VA knows you've had more treatment that may be relevant since the last time. You can selectively send what you want, if its relevant, or leave it alone and the request will expire. We see both all the time and don't take it personally. There are just certain things that we are required to do under DTA.

LOL, you and me both! "kum by yahhhh........."

If it's found or mentioned somewhere, like in Capri, we are required to at least ask/try to get the non VA records. You don't have to provide release or send them if you don't want to.

That I don't know since I don't work with the SAH grants people, I was just confirming where she said we are under a CR - that much is true, and I know it has affected us on the benefits side of things, so hearing that it affecting another section in some way, to me, would not be unexpected.

VA is still under a CR. In March, they'll do it all over again. As for now, we are operating on a 'last years funding' basis, and other things like hiring are also limited.

Incorrect on several counts. All evidence is weighed by the rater and weighted based on probative value. We don't 'consider any copy could have been altered by you'. I see hundreds of pages a day of veteran-submitted records- STRs, OMPF, private medical, police reports, Investigative notes, etc. Per the MR everything is accepted on face value unless something is glaringly wrong with it. For example, I have seen a doctored DD214 before that ended up being part of an OIG investigation into fraudulent enrichment. It does happen but it's pretty rare. We aren't just rated on 'moving something from pile A to pile B'. The performance standards that we are evaluated on are 7 pages long; there are 11 different sections of things that we are evaluated on per individual claim, though not all of those apply to every given claim. One of our three critical evaluative ratings is based on accuracy, and we are reviewed for it every month. I have a meeting with my supervisor sometime in the next few days for last month's review. The three critical elements are what determines if you are promotable later, and they follow me in my eOPF no matter where I go.

Because you are updating old posts to advertise your website.

Some of it might have been addressed in your medical records already, thus it wouldn't have to be asked. It's not a script, it's a guideline to ask the things that need to be answered, sometimes that is not every question.

I think the timeline alone could be basis to request new exams. That's ridiculous.

What is the range of motion? There isn't enough on here to say. Have you looked at the Spine rating criteria? https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/4.71a CTRL F "Cervical"

Good morning, I can do article linking. What web editor do you use? I used to work on the web pages of two of my prior employers, and I used to run my local elementary school's PTO outreach site. How many are we talking about, or is it an ongoing thing to check and do regularly?

Keywords? No, not really. If you have access to your Capri records (VAMC- you can download from MyHealthVet or VA.Gov) and/or some of your service records you can type up a brief synopsis of dates, places, and exposures, along with any key medical facts like date of original Dx, etc. The examiners generally don't accept information handed to them, and all of the above should already be in what was transmitted to them, anyway. Still, it will help you keep your answer to whatever questions they ask you on task and accurate with less rambling and trying to remember things, especially if you get flustered during exams.

Nope, you are tracking.

They are 2 separate claims. The HLR is an 0995 supplemental claim, while the increase request can be filed on a standard 526EZ.

2 different conditions. One is breathing, one is polyps or inflammation in the sinuses.

Sounds like it since it is a symptom of Parkinson’s (as they wrote it) and not caused by a different externality. I’d have to get into the nitty gritty , though, to sure since low back injuries sometimes have a separate radiculopathy rating.

By whom? They don't retain anything. They do the exam and then send the exam forms to your CFile.

I blew out my GMAIL down to almost empty, including spam, trash, archived, filters, forwards, etc. I'm finally getting alerts again and not having email automatically shunted to 'trash' or 'spam' before I ever see them. Im monitoring it, and will gradually add filters back in. Ive had Gmail since it was 'invite only' when it first started. I think mine at some point tried to become sentient and tried to 'help'.

No, you can file a claim at any age.

VA Form 21-10210 – Lay/Witness Statement

Google protected ratings, and see: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/chapter-I/part-3/subpart-A/subject-group-ECFR39056aee4e9ff13/section-3.327

The specific decisions that you disagree with.

That is a Congress rule, not a VA rule. 38CFR 4.14. We do a lot of dumb stuff but lets put stuff in front of the right people. LOL