Tdui For Pending Claim

[63SIERRA]

My question is this. The main reason I am disabled is because of my back condition, spondydlolysis thesis. with degenerative disk disease/ .. I currently have a claim with the va on reopen that has been denied twice before in the past. I recently submitted new evidence, and have good evidence, that I believe I will prevail, even if it takes going to administrative review. I want to file for TDUI now, to preserve my date, also if my health keeps getting worse, and im in a wheelchair, I dont want to be just starting when I am in desperate need/.. I am already rated at 60 .. 40 for hepc, and 30 for residuals of kidney removal due to kidney cancer. My back is what bothers me the most though, and debiltates me quite often. most times that Im here typeing the massage cusion is on full blast , to make sitting bearable, (because I was standing or went for a walk or did the dishes or something small and my back started throbbing.

So thats the question. even though I will also list current service connected claims, should I also list the back conditon as a reason too. thanks.

Edited November 30, 2013 by 63SIERRA

[carlie]

the va will send me to a C & P anyway, and I have learned, you can be proactive at cp exams. I make sure that before I leave, the doctors know exactly what my problems are. If they dont ask I tell them, show them, whatever it takes. If they screw it up, I inform the va that they screwed up, and get a redo. I even specifically requested the same doc they sent my wife to, and they sent me to him.

Im seeing that you must tie everything to the medical evidence. The cp doc doesnt know much abt u, just a few records on thier screen.

Im not pushy or try to bamboozle the cp docs, but im VERY proactive in the exam. That way he or she cannot say, well he didnt say that scar was painful, or he didnt indicate this or that,. If the cp doc gets the ass with you for trying to assist, then they are not the doc u want anyway. One cp doc I went to, was a germaphobe, wouldnt shake my hand, acted like he didnt even want to be near me,. he goofed my exam up royally., I suspected he would. I read his report, pointed out errors, filed a reopen, and got a second cp exam by a doctor that was squared away,. The doc that goofed up my exam, was the " chief" CP doc in my area. I think I know how he got the title. By screwing veterans over.

VA will always support what the examiner states versus the claimant and say the examiner is

a licensed physician and the claimant is not.

[iceturkee]

My question is this. The main reason I am disabled is because of my back condition, spondydlolysis thesis. with degenerative disk disease/ .. I currently have a claim with the va on reopen that has been denied twice before in the past. I recently submitted new evidence, and have good evidence, that I believe I will prevail, even if it takes going to administrative review. I want to file for TDUI now, to preserve my date, also if my health keeps getting worse, and im in a wheelchair, I dont want to be just starting when I am in desperate need/.. I am already rated at 60 .. 40 for hepc, and 30 for residuals of kidney removal due to kidney cancer. My back is what bothers me the most though, and debiltates me quite often. most times that Im here typeing the massage cusion is on full blast , to make sitting bearable, (because I was standing or went for a walk or did the dishes or something small and my back started throbbing.

So thats the question. even though I will also list current service connected claims, should I also list the back conditon as a reason too. thanks.

i am going to play devils advocate here. if i understand, you want to apply for IU because of a back condition which prevents you from working. but you aren't service connected for your spine. how would you prevail here, unless i am missing something important. i received IU partly because i am 40 percent for my back and 30 percent for depression/anxiety. i am also wheel chair bound. the ortho who did my c&p ended my exam after 10 minutes saying there was no way i could work. and i also had statements, as well.

[iceturkee]

VA will always support what the examiner states versus the claimant and say the examiner is

a licensed physician and the claimant is not.

yes, but the VA took my statements (from my caretaker and my best friend, a journalist like myself who had worked with me several years ago and had seen my physical deteroration first hand) into consideration when they adjudicated my IU.

[63SIERRA]

I have a calim pending for the back condition, and from what im understanding, there is no way they can LEGALLY, deny my claim., If not caused by, it was absolutely aggravated by millitary service, and I have extensive medical proof. It may end up going to the board of appeals, but I know I can win. If I file for TDUI for my hepc residuals, and kidney removal residuals, I think they may deny me.

My situation is complicated, because I also have a fresh claim for residuals of endocrine dysfunction. I just found out I could claim it because they removed most of one of my adrenal glands. aside from that, I have an eye claim pending, a scar claim pending, and will possibly file appeal on a sleep apnea claim that was denied, and shoulder joint pain., So as u can see, I have alot going on,

The problem is, the va cannot keep pace. Yet im not going to put myself at a disadvantage, and not file the TDUI CLAIM, because the Va has thier head up thier arse.

ASIDE from everything else, since the adrenal gland removal, I have felt depressed. I found out that the right adrenal gland affects emotions, ability to deal with stress, (it signals the brain ), and sex drive. I was recently diagnosed with ED. I have not seen a mental health doc yet, but plan to soon.

The human body is a system, everything is in a balance.. When one component is not right, other things get affected, and they affect other things.

LISTEN UP. NO DOCTOR AT THE VA WILL TELL U THESE THINGS. I had to research them myself. I knew I felt different after surgery,. but didnt know why/. now I know/

Edited November 30, 2013 by 63SIERRA

[Ben0009]

Do like I did and hundreds of others--------Get a Lawyer.

[63SIERRA]

VA will always support what the examiner states versus the claimant and say the examiner is

a licensed physician and the claimant is not.

if what the examiner states doesnt correspond with the medical evidence that is of record, you can dispute thier opinion. you see thats the problem, the va want you to believe everything they do is a final action.

THE CLAIM IS NEVER FINISHED UNTIL THE VETERAN SAYS ITS FINISHED. that is the one thing we have going for us. they cannot make us go away. Im 46 years old. If I live to be even 86 thats ALOT of years, of constantly engageing them, to get my fair compensation,. I will not quit. Too many good men sacrificed so much, to dishonor them by giving up. It is our duty as being amongst the living, to fight the hickeyheads at the va for our rights. I will not let my bretheren soldiers have died in vain.,