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[sbrewer]

Where would the rating code be located? Would it be on the C&P exam report or would it be on the letter from the VA after they have finished making a decision?

Thanks,

sbrewer

[Berta]

Also the "blue sheet". the rating breakdown that they usually send to a vet rep and not to the vet- that should show what you are looking for.

If a diagnostic code is incorrect this is the time to tell them-

And especially if they gave you an wrong diagnostic code that reflects a rating lower than what your medical evidence reveals.

Many CUE claims have succeeded because the veteran could prove they erred in the Diagnostic code in a past unappealed decision and the error caused a lower SC rating, thus the outcome was manifestly affected-

because the lower rating snookered the vet out of retro.I have a CUE claim filed on that.

The wrong DC, used in this way, is a legal error and not a medical one and can set up basis for a CUE if the decision remains unappealed.

[Vike17]

Berta and Rickb54 are correct. When you get a rating decision from the VA, it should be the Blue copy and attached to the blue rating decision should be the blue "Code Sheet" listing the Diagnostic Code (DC) for all conditions, service-connected and non service-connected. It will also list the effective dates of each service-connected disability and the actual precentage awarded with that effective date. At the top of the "code sheet" it will also list the date of any future exams, if any, any combat codes, dates of service and charachter of discharge

Vike 17

[john999]

I think I read somewhere that having a disability as a result of AO is considered to be as a result of an instrumentality of war same/same combat. So should your disability code then be considered as a result of combat? I don't know what difference it makes but I thought I would ask.

[Ricky]

None of my rating sheets white or blue have listed any rating codes. They simply say your claim for hypertension has been awarded a disability of 10 percent. A 20 percent is not warranted unless bla bla bla........ so I have on idea what codes were used in any of my ratings. Is there a way to get them?

Ricky

[Vike17]

Ricky,

Generally, the "Code sheet" is also blue but a seperate page and is attached to the actual rating decision. If you have a POA, then the VA normally sends the "Code Sheet" to them. If you have no POA, then you are suppose to get it. Sometimes this doesn't happen though!

John999,

I'm not quite sure either about the combat codes, but if I had to guess, it probably has to do something with NSC pensions because they are only awared when the veteran has wartime service. They also may have something to do with concurrent receipt and veterans with combat disabilities.

Vike 17

[Berta]

I posted a link to the "dictator" codes from the VA under a past post for Don-

These are the combat, dependents etc codes- usually two digits-

The diagnostic codes for all disabilities are at 38 CFR ,I think they are in Book B- and I posted this link in the past here too-