So today I went to this C&P exam for my TBI increase (currrently rated 10%, decreased from 40% which I had earlier). I'm already diagnosed with TBI after IED and a suicide bomber.
Anyway, so I sat infront of the Doctor waiting for him to ask me anything. For 20 minutes he didn't say anything, he was just reading my medical notes on his screen. Then he asked me, what about your dizziness when did it start? I told him a week or two after the incident. He told me no, not true!!! I was like WHAT!!?? He said not true. I was really surprised as I didn't expect to say this.
He didn't ask me anything more about my dizziness he was about to continue reading when I told him that I went to ENT specialist outside the VA and he told me that my dzziness is related to my ears, I gave the papers that I got from the ENT clinic. He looked at them and then he gave them back to me. He told me, this is nothing, there is no diagnosis and no medication mentioned here. Ofcourse the diagnosis was there (menier's disease) but he chosed to ignore it. Then I told him here are the medication (Dyazide and Diazepam). He said no doctor will give this for dizziness. After that I decided to stop arguing with him.
His next question was about my headaches, he asked me if I have any headaches. The answer was yes. How often? The answer was more than once a week. He replied more than once a year? NO, more than once a week. More than once in two months. NO, more than once a week. I think he was paying stupid or something because then he asked if I said more than once a month, and I answered no sir, it's more than once a week like six a month.
He asked about medication, and I, again, showed him notes from a private neurologist, which mentioned Hydrocodene and Gabapentine 600mg 3 times a day for migraines. He did the same thing again, he said no neurologist will give Gabapentine for headaches and it's given for tingling. I told that's what the specialist gave me.
Then he said we are all done. No physical exam and no any other kind of exam. That's it, it took about 40 minutes .
So can anyone tell me what to do now and how to proceed from here. I think I lost my claim for dizziness and there is no way that I can appeal it, or reopen it. Any advice will be highly appreciated.
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manni
Hello all,
So today I went to this C&P exam for my TBI increase (currrently rated 10%, decreased from 40% which I had earlier). I'm already diagnosed with TBI after IED and a suicide bomber.
Anyway, so I sat infront of the Doctor waiting for him to ask me anything. For 20 minutes he didn't say anything, he was just reading my medical notes on his screen. Then he asked me, what about your dizziness when did it start? I told him a week or two after the incident. He told me no, not true!!! I was like WHAT!!?? He said not true. I was really surprised as I didn't expect to say this.
He didn't ask me anything more about my dizziness he was about to continue reading when I told him that I went to ENT specialist outside the VA and he told me that my dzziness is related to my ears, I gave the papers that I got from the ENT clinic. He looked at them and then he gave them back to me. He told me, this is nothing, there is no diagnosis and no medication mentioned here. Ofcourse the diagnosis was there (menier's disease) but he chosed to ignore it. Then I told him here are the medication (Dyazide and Diazepam). He said no doctor will give this for dizziness. After that I decided to stop arguing with him.
His next question was about my headaches, he asked me if I have any headaches. The answer was yes. How often? The answer was more than once a week. He replied more than once a year? NO, more than once a week. More than once in two months. NO, more than once a week. I think he was paying stupid or something because then he asked if I said more than once a month, and I answered no sir, it's more than once a week like six a month.
He asked about medication, and I, again, showed him notes from a private neurologist, which mentioned Hydrocodene and Gabapentine 600mg 3 times a day for migraines. He did the same thing again, he said no neurologist will give Gabapentine for headaches and it's given for tingling. I told that's what the specialist gave me.
Then he said we are all done. No physical exam and no any other kind of exam. That's it, it took about 40 minutes .
So can anyone tell me what to do now and how to proceed from here. I think I lost my claim for dizziness and there is no way that I can appeal it, or reopen it. Any advice will be highly appreciated.
Thanks and sorry for this long post
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Manni: I'm not sure if you got your rating yet but I had some thoughts on what you can do with these ratings. Usually what a doctor says always trumps what the veteran says when it comes to a
NavyWife
To clarify, At this appointment were you there for three separate issues? 1. Increase already Service-connected TBI 2. New claim for Ménière's or dizziness 3. New claim for migraines You can ap
NavyWife
Wow that is awful. I thought my husbands TBI exam was the worst but yours sounds even worse than his was! Was this a VA doctor or a outside contractor? Why do you say there is no way you can appe
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