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awgv001
How does an individual go about obtaining a backdated diagnosis - I'll give an example -
Veteran is in service and reports secondary symptoms of a well known issue.
The veteran is not a doctor, and doesn't recognize that these symptoms reflect upon a much bigger issue.
They put in a claim for the secondary conditions, and are unchallenged for service connection, however, the causal injury/disease is ignored,undiscovered, or omitted for some reason or another. Everything points to the causal injury as being the "origin" of the secondary conditions.
A diagnosis for the causal injury/disease finally happens, years after the veteran exits service, and now it's up to the veteran to make corrections and attempt to repair their claims history.
There is information in regard to "causal relationships to SC'd secondaries and original injuries via ---- M21-1 III.iv.5.C.3.g. Correlation Between Effective Date for Primary and Secondary SC Disabilities
Would it benefit the veteran to have an exam that reflects that the causal injury has a backdated diagnosis date, or something that shows that "the disease manifested on XXXX date, the day the injury etc. occurred" just to spell it out, creating a fairly damming case for EED's as well as proof of diagnosis, and cover all the "when's"?
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You never know until you try. I was rated at 0% at discharge, my rating went to 30%, 10%, 30% and ten years later to 50% all as to the date of discharge. I also was rated for a disability with ten y
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