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The VA is trying to reduce ratings of Vets with PTSD who show improvment from medication.
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kent101
I'm reading this VA Citation :NR 1231506 and the VA is saying that because a Veteran with PTSD is getting improvement from his psychiatric medication, that he's showing less symptoms because of it, that he is having his rating reduced from 70% to 30% for PTSD. The VA did reverse the reduction at the BVA. Is this still something to worry about? At a C&P exam does the Veteran have to make it clear that the medication is the reason for improvements and needed to sustain them?
Citation NR: "
Over at Veteran's Law Blog it says
"As an example, say a Veteran has been able to service-connect Irritable Bowel Syndrome (DC 7319).
Undiagnosed, the symptoms of IBS might be a component of Gulf War Illness
With prescribed medication, our hypothetical Veteran’s condition moderates from a severe form of the disease to a milder form.
The severe form of IBS is rated at 30% and the moderate form of IBS is rated by the VA at 10%.
Let’s say the VA gives the Vet a rating of 10%, claiming that the Veteran’s medication limits her symptoms.
Is that 10% rating correct?
No . The Diagnostic Criteria in the VA Rating Schedule for Irritable Bowel Syndrome does not specifically list the effects of medication.
Therefore, the VA is not allowed to consider the relief it provides when determining the degree of disability.
Has this happened to you?
When have you seen the VA use “improvement due to medication” as an excuse to give a lower rating"?
https://www.veteranslawblog.org/va-disability-claim-medication-reduce-va-ratings/
https://www.va.gov/vetapp12/files5/1231506.txt
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