Re-evaluated at my request March 2004, no increase DDD, but given 10% Radiculopathy Rt. leg going back to September 2003 because of a change in rating Invertebral disc.
I was looking over my Cfile and contemplating filing for an increase for my lower back for pain, range of movement when I noticed that my 10% was only for 1 extremity. I went back through my service records, clinic notes that I kept, Xray/MRI, C/P from 2002, and private doc notes from 2003, and found more than once I had mentioned both legs/feet radiating with pain/numbness and fatigue. The C and P doc noted right leg in 2002 only, but then I had just gotten out and I didnt' even have my med records with me. He said right leg because is what he checked that day, and I guess in 2002 they didnt rate for radiculopathy with degenerative disc or something since it was granted later retroactively? I don't have the notes or phsical therapy records from 2003 since I had already had a copy of my whole file by that point.
Ive put in a claim for my back, but what are the chances if I provide the prior notes, highlighted and summarized that are already in my Cfile, with my current private doctor's notes worded correctly (since I couldn't get a VA appt anytime soon, even in NE) along with statements from spouse/co-workers about how I move around, that they will:
A. consider my request to grant 10% for my Rt leg bilateral to my already rated left leg as secondary to Invertebral disc syndrome, and
B. that they would go back to September 2003-the same date they granted the first 10%?
Since I have prior clinic notes RE: bilat of the sciatic pain and numbness, could Deluca and preponderance of other evidence prior to the C and P in 2002 help me, or am I too late for retroactive?
The Earth is degenerating these days. Bribery and corruption abound.Children no longer mind their parents, every man wants to write a book,and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching. --17 different possible sources, all lacking verifiable attribution.
B.S. Doane College, Mgt Info Systems/Systems Analysis 2008
M.S.Ed. Purdue University, Instructional Development and Technology, Feb. 2021
M.S. Purdue University Information Technology/InfoSec, Dec 2022
100% P/T
MDD
Spine
Radiculopathy
Sleep Apnea
Some other stuff
------------------------------------------- B.S. Info Systems Mgt/Systems Analysis-Doane College 2008 M.S. Instructional Technology and Design- Purdue University 2021
(I AM NOT A RATER- I work the claims BEFORE they are rated, annotating medical evidence in your records, VA and Legal documents, and DA/DD forms- basically a paralegal/vso/etc except that I also evaluate your records based on Caluza and try to justify and schedule the exams that you go to based on whether or not your records have enough in them to warrant those)
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Rated June, 2002-40% Degenerative disc
Re-evaluated at my request March 2004, no increase DDD, but given 10% Radiculopathy Rt. leg going back to September 2003 because of a change in rating Invertebral disc.
I was looking over my Cfile and contemplating filing for an increase for my lower back for pain, range of movement when I noticed that my 10% was only for 1 extremity. I went back through my service records, clinic notes that I kept, Xray/MRI, C/P from 2002, and private doc notes from 2003, and found more than once I had mentioned both legs/feet radiating with pain/numbness and fatigue. The C and P doc noted right leg in 2002 only, but then I had just gotten out and I didnt' even have my med records with me. He said right leg because is what he checked that day, and I guess in 2002 they didnt rate for radiculopathy with degenerative disc or something since it was granted later retroactively? I don't have the notes or phsical therapy records from 2003 since I had already had a copy of my whole file by that point.
Ive put in a claim for my back, but what are the chances if I provide the prior notes, highlighted and summarized that are already in my Cfile, with my current private doctor's notes worded correctly (since I couldn't get a VA appt anytime soon, even in NE) along with statements from spouse/co-workers about how I move around, that they will:
A. consider my request to grant 10% for my Rt leg bilateral to my already rated left leg as secondary to Invertebral disc syndrome, and
B. that they would go back to September 2003-the same date they granted the first 10%?
Since I have prior clinic notes RE: bilat of the sciatic pain and numbness, could Deluca and preponderance of other evidence prior to the C and P in 2002 help me, or am I too late for retroactive?
The Earth is degenerating these days. Bribery and corruption abound.Children no longer mind their parents, every man wants to write a book,and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching. --17 different possible sources, all lacking verifiable attribution.
B.S. Doane College, Mgt Info Systems/Systems Analysis 2008
M.S.Ed. Purdue University, Instructional Development and Technology, Feb. 2021
M.S. Purdue University Information Technology/InfoSec, Dec 2022
100% P/T
MDD
Spine
Radiculopathy
Sleep Apnea
Some other stuff
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B.S. Info Systems Mgt/Systems Analysis-Doane College 2008
M.S. Instructional Technology and Design- Purdue University 2021
(I AM NOT A RATER- I work the claims BEFORE they are rated, annotating medical evidence in your records, VA and Legal documents, and DA/DD forms- basically a paralegal/vso/etc except that I also evaluate your records based on Caluza and try to justify and schedule the exams that you go to based on whether or not your records have enough in them to warrant those)
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