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VA Will No Longer Drop Coverage of Veterans Being Cared for at Home
Tbird posted a topic in VA Disability Claims Articles and VA News,
NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante has details on the Department of Veterans Affairs making changes to its at-home care reevaluations.
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Attorney Wants Diagnosis for Secondary Complication to Rated Condition; Must it be through VA?
Cat4Christ777 posted a question in IMO Independent Medical Opinion,
Originally, this secondary condition was claimed as 'migraines,' but while it may begin as a migraine with a complication, the VA can--and has, more than once--made it so much worse (pain-wise). If it does not qualify as a migraine, then my attorney and I need to come up with a different diagnosis. It's definitely a neurological issue, possibly 'occipital neuralgia,' as the condition meets the criteria of its definition, here: https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/occipital+neuralgia.-
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VA Life insurance program coming January 2023 for Veterans with service connection
Tbird posted a topic in VA Disability Claims Articles and VA News,
In January 2023, VA will launch a new life insurance program called Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife), which provides guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance coverage to Veterans age 80 and under, with any level of service-connected disability. Some Veterans age 81 and older may also be eligible.-
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I found this quiet Interesting supreme court decison
Buck52 posted a question in VA Disability Compensation Benefits Claims Research Forum,
click the link to read about this.
https://usmilitary.org/supreme-court-decision-may-affect-veterans-across-the-us-wave-disability-deadline-for-thousands/
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VA Math, Confusing, Right? Calculate Your Final Rating Percentage!
Tbird posted a blog entry in Tbirds Blog,
10 + 50 = 50 and other VA math mysteries explained.
VA Math It’s Not Your Mother’s Arithmetic
“VA Math” is the way that the VA computes combined impairment ratings for multiple conditions in a Veteran’s compensation benefits claim – and it requires that you unlearn real math. When a Veteran has multiple medical conditions that are service-connected and the Veterans Affairs rates each at a different percentage, it would seem that they should just add up your percentages to get to a total body impairment rating.-
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I am an analyst by trade and extremely OCD. I tracked my claim and am posting the timelines here in case it could help someone - I know each claim is different but it did help me not obsess so much when I saw the amount of time between each stage. I noticed eBenefits updated mostly on Fridays and Mondays until the end and then it was updating within minutes. To be noted - I was medically discharged 23 years ago and given severance pay for Anxiety/Depression and the PEB board language specifically said service connected and permanent. I think this was tremendously helpful.
12/16/2019 VA Claim Timeline:
Dec 16 – Filed initial claim for digestive issues, anxiety, depression, hearing loss, tinnitus, and foot/back
Jan 2 – Filed second claim for PTSD due to MST
Jan 10 – Both claims combined moved to Initial Review
Jan 20 – Claim moved to Gathering of Evidence
Feb 4, 5, 13 – C&P exams conducted. Anxiety, PTSD went well. Foot/back/digestive issues Dr. was dismissive and short. Expect nothing from her.
Feb 20 – Requests closed in eBenefits (MST Report, Exams)
Mar 5 – Exam reports received by VA, moved to Preparation for Decision completion estimated ~ 3/13
Mar 10 – Back to Review of Evidence
Mar 13 – Back to Gathering of Evidence completion estimated >6/2020. VA asks for exam clarification.
Mar 25 – Back to Under Review completion pushed to 07/2020 – 09/2020
Mar 25 – Back to Gathering of Evidence completion 06/2020 – 09/2020, 2nd request for clarification sent, VA conducts phone call with examiner.
Mar 25 – Exam requested for digestive disorder. QTC site shows appointments are being scheduled.
Mar 26 – Called and seems no exam is needed? Confused.
Mar 27 – Digestive disorder relabeled as secondary to anxiety. All conditions re-racked and stacked. EBenefits seems to update on Fridays.
Mar 30 – VA rater asked Dr. Peak to adjust her IMO based on response from PTSD examiner who said digestive disorder was secondary to anxiety. If this happens she still likely will rate me at 0%. Intend to file Supplemental Claim asking for GI exam based on Dr. Peak being an occupational medicine Dr. Also will submit additional records from private GI Dr. First step is getting it SC.
Apr 3 – Moved forward to Preparation for Decision completion estimated 4/11 – 4/22. Dr. Peak responded Apr 2.
Apr 6 – Back to Review of Evidence completion estimated 4/15 – 4/28. Probably because I added the form to get GI records. Pushed the button asking for a claim decision. One condition had been deferred (likely digestive) but supposedly isn’t anymore according to Peggy.
Apr 10 – Back to Gathering of Evidence. Clarifying information requested from PTSD Dr (conflicting information). Exam request entered. Request 4 needs signature from March 25.
Apr 13 – Supposedly request from Mar 25 and Apr 10 is complete and sent back to VA.
Apr 15 – Another exam request for clarification entered, PTSD Dr responded to the wrong one. Response is allegedly completed and VA has no more pending requests.
Apr 15 – Moved forward to Preparation for Decision completion estimated 4/23 – 5/4.
Apr 16 – Moved forward to Pending Decision Approval completion estimated 4/18 – 4/22.
Apr 16 – New claim showed up in eBenefits “Verification of DSP amount”. Completion 8/20 – 12/30. This implies they awarded me benefits for a condition that I got severance pay for. Moved from Under Review to Gathering of Evidence within minutes.
Apr 16 – Moved forward to Preparation for Notification completion estimated 4/17 – 4/19.
Apr 16 – Claim complete, awarded 70%! They rolled up the digestive condition and other symptoms into Anxiety/Depression. PTSD was considered not SC even though I had an MST - suspect Anxiety/Depression rated higher and was easier to rate considering my service records and PEB stated Anxiety/Depression and explicitly said service connected and permanent.
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