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Boy did I get hosed by ….
I got bush whacked by QTC! I currently have 10% for bilateral hammertoes, 10% bilateral bunon surgery and 30% bilateral pes planus w/ plantar fasciitis! Well I asked for a relook based on new evidence – the evidence was pretty significant – the VA podiatrist listed all my feet issues mentioned above along with posterior tibial tendon disfunction – bilateral, and other things and wrote that no question my feet were SC.
So, I felt I should get the higher rating. SO the VARO sent me to a contracted internal med dr! Well I just got the results via FOIA. It’s a medical miracle!!!
Dr. said I had no hammer, bunions, metatarsalgia. And my flat feet went from bilateral to just one foot! My plantar fasciitis stayed the same.
Earlier this week, I gave to my VSO a IMO from a podiatrist that has done the actual surgery on me for hammer and bunions! The ones that don’t exist anymore pert the internal med dr! My doctor said my feet were in the top of the list as being severe for my numerous feet issues. The IMO is worded strongly to leave no doubt of the severity and the proper rating. Anyway I turned in the IMO with my statement. My feet are worse since their rating decision and my Dr even took pictures which I submitted along with some that I had taken.
So, will the VARO go with what my doctors (including what the VA foot doctor) says or just go by what this contract doctor said. This doctor is the only one who has denied my claims.
Will they actually try and reduce my rating? The preponderance of evidence is on my side. If they deny my recon and worse try to reduce me, I think I will try to have a local hearing.
I know for one thing, flat feet, hammertoe and bunion surgery doesn’t just go away, unless you surgery remove the limbs.
In my SOC , the VARO determined my feet increased to a 30, but now that this one doctor says otherwise, what will they do? What is my best approach to this, wait for their decision, get another opinion. See what they do with my statement and IMO, or file even more feet claims for week feet (ankles give out, and I also have a dropped foot condition.), and for Foot Injury Other (tendon tears) . I included all of that in my info and wanted them to basically count all of that as a whole to see how it effected my flat feet vs additional separate claims. Was that a good strategy? Should I change course? Ask my doctor to refute these new "findings"?
Thanks all.
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