C&p Exam Results Not Good

[Rockhound]

I picked up my C&P exam results today and it wasn't good, they said I had all the secondary issues I claimed to have, but the they were less likely than due to my SC condition.

They said I had chronic sinisitis and Rhynitis, but that neither was due to my SC nasal fracture with deviated septum due to trauma, that their was no correlation between the nasal fracture and the deviated septom and that their is no definitive medical rationale to support the cause being the fractured nasal bone and the deviated septom.

I don't understand how they can say that when I gave them supporting medical literature that shows the rationale to be at least as likely as not.

I also applied for painful scars on my nose, but I am not clear as to whether or not they even plan to rate them, since I believe they may be rating the scars under the wrong diagnostic code, but I'll have to wait until the decision to find out.

It appears I am going to have to get a IMO with evidence/research/treatese, that supports the ENT specialist results, I get.

I am not in a very good mood, to say the least. I got the impression from the C&P examiner that her findings would be favorable, boy was I dubt. I'd go an call her out if I didn't think it would get me in deep doodoo or a private room with padded walls.

Got to go, using computor at VA to write this. they have a time limit so others can use it too.

Rockhound Rider :P ;) :(

[Josephine]

Rockhound,

I am so sorry.

Edited June 23, 2009 by Josephine

[Pete53]

Its at this point you need to consider an outside opinion.

Good Luck

[jbasser]

Hamg in there Rock.

[cowgirl]

Rock, you'll get whats due someday. Don't recall if you had supporting documentation in your smr's or not. Ya seen the cat chinup poster that says, 'Hang in there, Fridays coming!'? (made me think of you and yer cat).

Best to ya,

Cg'up2009!

[WHOLESALE]

Rockhound, I feel for ya, I went through the same thing. I didn't have an IMO either but I finally got one, actually two, and they got my claim granted. If you can see if your treating physician will write you an IMO regarded the connection. I handed my C&P exam to my VA doctor and he said, "Hell no" that is wrong what the examiner put in. He was more than willing to contradict the examiners opinion. Hope it works as well for you as it did for me. Good luck, we're all with you.

jay

I picked up my C&P exam results today and it wasn't good, they said I had all the secondary issues I claimed to have, but the they were less likely than due to my SC condition.

They said I had chronic sinisitis and Rhynitis, but that neither was due to my SC nasal fracture with deviated septum due to trauma, that their was no correlation between the nasal fracture and the deviated septom and that their is no definitive medical rationale to support the cause being the fractured nasal bone and the deviated septom.

I don't understand how they can say that when I gave them supporting medical literature that shows the rationale to be at least as likely as not.

I also applied for painful scars on my nose, but I am not clear as to whether or not they even plan to rate them, since I believe they may be rating the scars under the wrong diagnostic code, but I'll have to wait until the decision to find out.

It appears I am going to have to get a IMO with evidence/research/treatese, that supports the ENT specialist results, I get.

I am not in a very good mood, to say the least. I got the impression from the C&P examiner that her findings would be favorable, boy was I dubt. I'd go an call her out if I didn't think it would get me in deep doodoo or a private room with padded walls.

Got to go, using computor at VA to write this. they have a time limit so others can use it too.

Rockhound Rider :P ;) :(

[Alb]

I was recently SC for the same thing. They rated me at Zero Percent, because the examiner did not put down how many episodes of sinus infections per year I had. They also did not give me anything for my facial scar (nose) I don't think they even considered the code (7800-disfigurement) One side of my nostril is bigger and misshaped from the two surgeries they done on me. I think we had the same examiner. She sure seemed that she had everything she need for a complete exam. I too thought the exam went well, then she did not report half the stuff in her examination.