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[DOMINIPINO]

I have a claim in for serveral disabilities. I'm on step 5 ( I think that's preparation for decision). Not taking this serious but I know some of you are really good at this by now so if anyone would like to take a crack at what you think my rating will be I'm interested in hearing it! here is a list of my disabilities that are on ebenefits:

1. Sleep apnea w/CPAP (sleep study on file) (New), Had the CPAP almost 2 years now, did 3 sleep studies to get it.

2. Bilateral heel spurs (New), (Dr.s while I was active duty said they were freakin huge, same with the VA doc)

3. Bilateral ankle instability (New), (related to the heel spurs/achilles tendon and plantar fasciitis)

4. Bilateral knee condition (New), (they click and pop all the time even when moved at rest)

5. Bilateral foot plantar fasciitis (New), (VERY high arches, I have insoles that were made for me before I separated)

6. Bilateral Shin splints w/stress Fx (New), (don't know why this would make the list I thought everyone gets these)

7. Bilateral achilles chronic pain on motion, Haylund deformity (New), (high arches make me step weird causes tendon to not line up properly and slide off those spurs metioned earlier, not cool)

8. Lumbar spine pain on motion, bilateral radiculopathy (New), (this can be chalked up now to sciatica in my opinion unless they found something on the xrays that I never heard about)

9. Bilateral hip condtion (New), (more so the left side of the hip than the right but right where the joint for where the leg connects painful numbing kind of sensation and a squishy/grinding sound)

10. Erectile dysfunction (New), (I know this is 0, moving on)

11. Cervical spine condition, (New), (limited range of motion at certain angles)

12. Bilateral shoulder condition; impingement (New), (to add to this, on initianl appt for VA doc noted both rotator cuffs grind and pop at certain points)

13. Residuals of left hand cyst excision (New), (hurts a bit where they cut it out, right in the crease of the wrist behind the thumb)

14. Right wrist numbness (New), (there's the carpe tunnel, has gotten much worse too, thumb goes numb or i lose control of it lol)

15. GERD (New), (I take 40mg of Nexium once a day, twice as needed as prescribed by doctor if I don't stomach pain is extreamly painful, will literally bowl me over and I'm worthless like i'm getting eaten from inside)

16. Hearing loss (New), (hearing test appt for VA showed my hearing is pretty good so maybe disregard)

17. Tinnitus (New), (ears ring)

18. Deviated septum; left (New), (almost completely blocks up left nostril)

19. Tachycardia pulse (New), (fast irregular heartbeat discovered while doing tests for ED meds)

20. Bilateral eye corneal scars, blephartitis floaters (New),

21. Dermatomycossi, tinea versacolor (New)

also noted during my initial VA appoint the doc took down that I have Carpe Tunnel and Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)

a few of those like the Ed and Tinea i think i've seen a lot of people getting 0% ratings so I didn't factor them in but I used the disability calculator at VV arizona and put in the sleep apena cause its the only one that had a clear rating on the regulations instruction and played with estimates for some of the others, worst case scenario I could come up with was 60% and best case I got 90% I refuse to believe I could get a 100 out of it haha. anyway what you guys think?

Edited June 13, 2012 by DOMINIPINO

[john999]

I got out of the Army 42 years ago. I filed a claim within the first year after discharge. I waited about 2 years for a decision. I had SMR's, VA records, and private medical records. I got a rating of just 10%. I went many years thinking the VA had considered all the facts and made a decision in line with the facts as they were at the time. 35 years later after reading Hadit for many years I reviewed my old decision. I discovered that the VA had not considered my private medical records in the original decision. I am appealing that error right now. You really have to read your decision letter, and if you have reason to believe you have been given a bad decision then appeal. It can mean thousands of dollars and years of waiting if you let the appeal time expire. Back in the bad old days claimants were really on their own with just a service organization to help you. Now you have the internet and you have Hadit. You can even hire a lawyer. The VA is still bad but you have help now we never did back in the day.

[DOMINIPINO]

I got out of the Army 42 years ago. I filed a claim within the first year after discharge. I waited about 2 years for a decision. I had SMR's, VA records, and private medical records. I got a rating of just 10%. I went many years thinking the VA had considered all the facts and made a decision in line with the facts as they were at the time. 35 years later after reading Hadit for many years I reviewed my old decision. I discovered that the VA had not considered my private medical records in the original decision. I am appealing that error right now. You really have to read your decision letter, and if you have reason to believe you have been given a bad decision then appeal. It can mean thousands of dollars and years of waiting if you let the appeal time expire. Back in the bad old days claimants were really on their own with just a service organization to help you. Now you have the internet and you have Hadit. You can even hire a lawyer. The VA is still bad but you have help now we never did back in the day.

I'm so sorry you're going through such a tough time, and i hope that things will go your way very soon, thank you for YOUR service!

[LILS]

Hi,

Sorry, just saw your question. I just got my rating decision last week. I waited 16 months for a BS rating, so I immediately sent in a NOD. I'm sure that will be 2 or more years & everything is clearly documented in my records and I did my C & P exam when I was still active duty!

[DOMINIPINO]

Hi,

Sorry, just saw your question. I just got my rating decision last week. I waited 16 months for a BS rating, so I immediately sent in a NOD. I'm sure that will be 2 or more years & everything is clearly documented in my records and I did my C & P exam when I was still active duty!

I'm sorry you're having to wait so long, what kind of increase are you hoping to get?

[LILS]

Thanks. I was rated 40%, but I know for a fact that they need to add another 50%, because the idiots didn't rate me for my hysterectomy/removal of ovaries. I should be at least 70% with SMC (k) pay. Plus they have me listed as a single veteran, even tho I have 3 dependents, so I had to send in paperwork for that too.