I'm writing in regard to my husband's condition as I need advise as to how we should approach a new claim. He was awarded 50% rating for PTSD about 5 years ago. Over the past 2+ years, both his mental and physical health has continued to deterioriate. He has been on a regimen of strong meds for some time now, including oxycodone and ambien CR for sleeping. In the past year, we noticed that he was becoming very forgetful. VA tests confirmed he has memory loss and he goes once a week for some time of training to help him track things, such as appts, etc. The VA has not diagnosed him with dementia or altz. and has indicated it stems from his PTSD. We have another appointment with an outside neurologist in February to get a second opinion.
I feel we need to file a claim for increase but not sure what direction to do it. It seems it would be his PTSD rating but I don't know if memory loss is a condition that is rating separately and should be done secondary to his PTSD. Further, I can't help but believe the meds (particularly the ambien CR) has something to do with it. If that is the case, it too should be a secondary claim to both PTSD (sleeping meds) and lower lumbar (pain meds).
Really not sure how to approach this so any advice would be most appreciated. Thanks!
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I'm writing in regard to my husband's condition as I need advise as to how we should approach a new claim. He was awarded 50% rating for PTSD about 5 years ago. Over the past 2+ years, both his mental and physical health has continued to deterioriate. He has been on a regimen of strong meds for some time now, including oxycodone and ambien CR for sleeping. In the past year, we noticed that he was becoming very forgetful. VA tests confirmed he has memory loss and he goes once a week for some time of training to help him track things, such as appts, etc. The VA has not diagnosed him with dementia or altz. and has indicated it stems from his PTSD. We have another appointment with an outside neurologist in February to get a second opinion.
I feel we need to file a claim for increase but not sure what direction to do it. It seems it would be his PTSD rating but I don't know if memory loss is a condition that is rating separately and should be done secondary to his PTSD. Further, I can't help but believe the meds (particularly the ambien CR) has something to do with it. If that is the case, it too should be a secondary claim to both PTSD (sleeping meds) and lower lumbar (pain meds).
Really not sure how to approach this so any advice would be most appreciated. Thanks!
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