VA Examiner misdiagnosed headaches. What now?

[Vtomars]

I'm 70% service connected for TBI and PTSD. 

I recently filed a claim for headaches as secondary and has a C&P exam last week. 

Upon reviewing my completed DBQ in Blue Button the VA examiner didn't check "prostrating" however he listed in the exam the intensity of my migraines and indicated that they force me to lie down in a dark room at least 10 times a month and last between 4 and 72 hours at a pain scale between 8/10 and 10/10. He so indicated that my Headaches are as likely as not caused by my PTSD and TBI and his rationale indicated that they are debilitating and require me to take off work 20 times in the last 3 months. 

By his definition my attacks are prostrating he just didn't check the box on the DBQ. What are the chances that the VA rater looks at his notes and decides that my headaches are prostrating even if the examiner didn't check the box?

I don't want to deal with another appeal (I've been applealing tinnitus since 2016! DWIW I'm service connected for TBI and PTSD due to an IED attack but somehow my hearing loss wasn't service connected).

I'm asking because I'll take the DBQ to my private physician and have her fill it out now so that I can submit to reopen my claim ASAP once it is completed. 

[ShrekTheTank]

So what I would do is go to your local VA hospital and talk to the C&P officer.  Take your paper work in there and ask them about what is going on and see about a new C&P.  I would not risk it if they did not cover everything.

You can also call the WH hotline and tell them your issue.

[vetquest]

Now if you assume the raters read everything on your records they would see that lying down for 72 hours is prostrating.  We can never expect the rater to read and comprehend the doctor's writeup though so I would follow shrekthetank1's advice.  If you cannot get a new C&P then I would ask a civilian doctor to do a DBQ.  Some civilian doctors are reluctant to fill out paperwork for the VA so you would need to get an IMO/IME doctor. These can be expensive but they are a necessary thing sometimes.