CUE or NOD

[AgentOrangeWife]

Hello,

FIrst time post:

Can anyone tell me if a rating reduction (from 100 to 60% for a service-connected disability) done without a reexamination is a CUE or a NOD? Less than 5-years rated. Here is a BVA case which parallels my husbands exact situation (citation 1428283).

Thanks for this really helpful website!!

A/O Wife

Edited March 13, 2017 by AgentOrangeWife

[AgentOrangeWife]

9 minutes ago, MikeR said:

Can you file a secondary heart condition claim to PTSD, and given the VA's desire to reduce people does it make sense to?

At this point I feel like I should and I'm not a Veteran.

Honestly, I'm just really grateful that this rater is behind a desk and not in charge of the nuclear codes or covering anyone's back. Ya know?

I want to be on the citizen's committee that approves bonuses for raters.....

Edited April 11, 2017 by AgentOrangeWife

[MikeR]

I had a claim that sat at the BVA for 5 years, only to be denied by what looked like an barely literate person. It was a comical read, except it had my name on it.

[AgentOrangeWife]

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

I had a claim that sat at the BVA for 5 years, only to be denied by what looked like an barely literate person. It was a comical read, except it had my name on it.

Check out this "medical opinion" by a VA M.D. for another comical read.

Medical Opinion.docx

Conflicts itself.

Edited April 11, 2017 by AgentOrangeWife

[Berta]

can you scan and attach the IME here:

"He did have an IME dated Nov 2016 which is included in the 2 evidence items as my "statement" dated Nov 2016.

IME said "deteriorated" with open order for stent/angio etc."

Did they mention the IME in the decision at all?

When did he last have an ECHO?

Do you have a copy of it's results or at least the ejection fraction and date of that ECHO?

 

 

[MikeR]

That was not funny except I did enjoy the commentary.

[AgentOrangeWife]

8 minutes ago, MikeR said:

That was not funny except I did enjoy the commentary.

I can't tell if it was one doctor or two who wrote it. The commentary was part of the "opinion". I only typed the title and changed the dr name. Seriously.