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Notice of intent and Fully Developed Claim

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Back in June of this year I went to our local veteran's service officer. I was advised to file a notice of intent and to file a fully developed claim. I am service connected  @ 10% for hypertension, and 0% for sarcoidosis with secondary pain and a skin condition. I sent release of information requests to my local VA in Gainesville, Fl, To the regional office in St. Petersburg, fl for my C-file and one to Tampa for the time I was living in Tampa. When I applied earlier in the year for my military medical records after 3 attempts they finally sent the records for Naval Regional Medical Center, Jacksonville. They claim they cannot find my records from Orlando which is where I was first hospitalized. Likewise I have my records from Gainesville but the Jacksonville outpatient office claims they can only find records bacK to the mid 1990s. The records from Jacksonville contain my medical history immediately after discharge in 1976. I am working with Dr. Bash to obtain nexus letters for my various medical conditions that are linked to my service or secondary to my service connected conditions. Among my conditions is stage 3 CKD. One of the VA docs apparently without looking at my history decided my CKD is secondary to type II diabetes. He apparently didn't notice I had hypertensive retinopathy and NO diabetic retinopathy listed ever since they began doing eye exams looking for diabetic retinopathy. I was seen by a VA endocrinologist this past week for another condition. I asked the 2 docs present if my CKD is hypertensive related given my hemoglobin A1Cs (all in the very good range over they years) and my retinopathy. Both said it was hypertensive. Unfortunately they did not put that part of the visit in the record. I would like to go ahead and file for the CKD while continuing to work on developing the other conditions. Is they any reason I would not be able to file on the single condition given the multiple conditions on my notice of intent?

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