ptsd Help With Content For A Letter In Support Of Fibromyalgia Claim

[BlastDaddy]

I am looking for advice.

I need to write a letter for support of my claim of Fibromyalgia. I have a diagnoses from the Rheumatologist that states I have Fibromyalgia and my C&P was clear I have a severe case of Fibromyalgia. But it also said "not connected to Active Duty Service by review of service records".

So I think they are going to screw me.

What content should I include in the letter to support the claim related to the Gulf War/SWA.

I am already 50% connected with PTSD that validates I was in the Gulf War.

There is a lot of stuff about presumptive illnesses diagnosed and undiagnosed.

So Please provide guidance on the content and format that I should put in this letter so I don't screw myself with my own wording.

Thanks

[BlastDaddy]

Thanks Pete and Berta,

I read the e-CFR, it seems they write this referencing back and fourth to confuse you and to be able to use it against you.

After reading it I got angry. It seems the Nurse Practitioner also read it. I looked back at the C&P and it actually reads as follows.

1. Diagnosis

Does the Veteran now have or has he/she ever been diagnosed with fibromyalgia?

x Yes

ICD code: 729.1 (was not incurred during active military service per Medical Record Review).

This is the exact verbiage used by the CFR stating Compensation "shall not" be paid for a chronic disability:

(7)(I) If there is affirmative evidence that the disability (was not incurred during active military service).

I think they are trained on what to write so the review board can deny any compensation.

Man this really drains me. I shouldn't have waited so long to file any claims. It's just for the last several years I've been too unstable to make sense of anything or make rational decisions.

Thanks Pete, being new to this claim stuff drives me crazy.

[BlastDaddy]

Update:

The VA viewed the case and awarded 40% for the Fibromyalgia.

Thanks everyone.

[Berta]

WOW That is GREAT!!!!!!!!

How does this affect the 70% you already had BlastDaddy?

Or maybe you didn't have 70 and have it now......due to the recent award.

If so are you unemployed, and if that is the case, did they send you a TDIU form?

Edited December 22, 2014 by Berta

[BlastDaddy]

Berta,

Thank you for previous advice.

I haven't been on the site in a while and seen this and decided to update the condition. I was awarded 40% and that is included in my 70% combined rating.

I have two claims in right now! The first is prep for decision and the other is for IBS it is under Gathering Evidence.

The one in prep for decision is looking to be 20% from what I've seen. I had a great C&P and the doctor provided a nexus connecting my injury directly to service. Even wrote it on the C&P.

The one for IBS was started by the VA on my behalf as a fully developed claim. Funny huh. I guess after being seen by the GASTROENTEROLOGY department and they seen how bad my IBS was they prescribe pull ups and ordered the C&P.

I am in preparation to file for Migraines and Headaches. I have been treated for these for years but never claimed them.

I was seen by a specialist in Neurology due to having seizures. He also has been trying to find the cause of the Migraines.

The head of the department of Neurology has taken my case and has had an MRI and EEG done. He has annotated in my records that the seizures occur when I have hallucinations. (a condition from my PTSD) and believes the seizures are Traumatic Seizures.

Also I have been diagnosed with CFS by the Rheumatologist. The VA wanted to use pool therapy but it was denied due to IBS and seizures. So they had me go to physical therapy in hopes of relieving some of the pain and constant fatigue. After a couple months with no success physical therapy was canceled. It was added in my records that my recovery time from the therapy was increasing and the only part of the therapy that was helping was the heated pads.

I will finish preparing my paperwork for CFS and also submit a claim for it as well.

I currently have an appeal in for my PTSD and GERD.

The PTSD I was awarded 50%, but the award should have been higher. The VSO had me file a NOD because the C&P clearly showed 70%-100% because of the two suicide attempts. (Which I no longer desire to kill myself, but find each day a challenge)

The GERD was denied so I simply went to a specialist and he provided a nexus showing the combination of medications the VA provided was the cause of my GERD.

As far as TDUI I have not received anything from the VA for it. They have it throughout my records I am unemployed due to my conditions. But I am not sure if I would qualify. I am kept on the records of a company I receive profit share dividends that are paid out weekly to me.