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hypertension Putting BVA appeal together w/attorney but also new conditions to submit
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aws2000
Sorry if this question/answer is already posted, but I couldn't find it. I have just received 10/05/26 another DRO De Novo denial for increase in PTSD [currently 50% PTSD 10% other] and approval for TDIU. This has been going on for a decade and the local DRO has blatantly ignored 12 years of therapy and VA psych assessments which counter the one C&P doctor's 40min assessment. But my question is; I have been in contact with a lawyer to represent this appeal to BVA. I'm a Vietnam Vet and at 69 I will be 74 by the time the 5 year BVA backlog gets to it. So I need to do this right. I have recently been informed that Hypertension, which I have has since Vietnam can be secondary to PTSD. I also have heart arrhythmia which I read can also be aggravated by hypertension. I've had 4 TIAs since 2007 and my external cardiologist - who has done extensive work on me for over 5 years - I believe will attest to hypertension secondary to PTSD. And maybe other heart diseases.
Finally, my questions is should I continue to file the BVA appeal addressing the 10/05/2016 denial issues? Or, should I not file the appeal and submit my hypertension and heart issues as new claims? The most significant problem I see is that if I don't file the BVA appeal claim now, and wait for the DRO decision on the new issues I might be dead, or clearly out of time to file the BVA appeal.
Semper Fi! Art
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broncovet
Given your age and heart condition, this should mean you get an advance on the docket to the BVA and, instead of taking 5 years, you may complete your appeal in as little as 4.999 years!! Serious
Berta
Did your "external cardiologist see any link between the TIAs and the heart condition? Did he/she in anyway consider that you have Ischemic heart disease? The TIAs could be due to atheroscle
Gastone
You haven't actually "Lawyer'd Up" yet, right? 1st thing 1st, never let a significant ($$) claim die. You can request a BVA Hearing on you own, then at some point get with a Lawyer at 20% of you
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