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C & P Found Seconday Sc Conditions

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On 2 of my C & P exams the PA's noted secondary conditions. I already have my SOC and these conditions were not addressed in the SOC. I am working on my Form 9 so what are my options for addressing these conditions? Do I mention them in the Form 9 or do I have to file a new SC claim with the VARO?

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Forgot to ask,

Once appeals are over and you have your final SC% if your condition(S) get worse what is the procedure to have the VA look at them?

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Forgot to ask,

Once appeals are over and you have your final SC% if your condition(S) get worse what is the procedure to have the VA look at them?

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All,

On 2 of my C & P exams the PA's noted secondary conditions. I already have my SOC and these conditions were not addressed in the SOC. I am working on my Form 9 so what are my options for addressing these conditions? Do I mention them in the Form 9 or do I have to file a new SC claim with the VARO?

Thanks.

Joe

New Claims.

"It is cold and we have no blankets.

The little children are freezing to death.

My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death.

I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find.

Maybe I shall find them among the dead.

Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad.

From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."

Chief Joseph

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jecsb4,

"On 2 of my C & P exams the PA's noted secondary conditions. I already have my SOC and these conditions were not addressed in the SOC. I am working on my Form 9 so what are my options for addressing these conditions? Do I mention them in the Form 9 or do I have to file a new SC claim with the VARO?"

If you didn't claim the disbility, then VA will not address it in a rating decision or SOC, unless they infer the issue (meaning they claimed it for you). If you didn't claim them and VA didn't infer them, you'll need to file a new claim for those issues.

"Once appeals are over and you have your final SC% if your condition(S) get worse what is the procedure to have the VA look at them?"

Ask for an increase in evaluation.

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File claims on the secondary conditions. But, include that these conditions should have been considered informal claims and opened at the time the VARO recieved the C&P reports to keep the EED. Information the VARO recieves from VA of a SC condition by doctors, especially C&P exams, should be considered informal claims.

However, they may state that these are residuals and not secondary depending on the conditions and they have been considered in the original award. Of course, they should be in the SOC if this is the case.

Claims for increase in the future are new claims.

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What if the VA facility that the veteran has been going to for years document a medical condition (HBP)that is not SC. Then the veteran claims this condition as secondary to his diabetes that is SC and the VA denies SC. The medical records from the VA shows that they are treating the veteran for diabetes and HBP, going back 15 years. Wouldn't this be a informal claim?

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