Migraine Claim approved at 50% today after BVA remand

[MKAH]

Hello everyone,

Today I was on Ebenifits and saw that my Migraine claim had updated to 50%, bringing me up to 80% total.  VA.gov shows no information on this claim..?

I did some quick math and backpay will be about 22,068, less 500 for doctor exam and letter, and 4,413 for my attorney = 17,154.  

Anyway, I have not seen a direct deposit so I presume that large amounts take a little longer to process? 

 

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Rated Disabilities

Disability	Rating	Decision	Related To	Effective Date
tinnitus	10%	Service Connected		03/08/2011
migraines (previously addressed as headaches)	50%	Service Connected		08/01/2017
bilateral hearing loss	50%	Service Connected		02/11/2016

 

Edited April 24, 2020 by MKAH
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[MKAH]

I called the 800 number and spoke with Peggy about my updated claim (4/18/20 and no receipt of envelope or direct deposit.  Peggy said three sperate deposits were waiting for approval and that the envelope was being mailed today (4/27/20).  Peggy gave me the amounts of the deposits and they are within about 100 bucks of my back pay calculation less a 500 dollar outside doctor opinion and attorney fees of 20%.

So my impression is that the VA Regional Office has paid my attorney fees including the attorney arranged doctors opinion,  directly to my attorney.

Is this the normal process for paying legal counsel, or am I totally overthinking this process?  
(sounds like a really great idea, I was just wondering).

 

[GBArmy]

Sounds like the normal procedure based on what the VA has for record on your legal agreement.

[63Charlie]

On 4/25/2020 at 8:06 AM, MKAH said:

The only thing that I feel might be possible is i have a sever balance (vertigo) problem.  The VA treated me for Menieres Disease, however I still suffer from daily imbalance which has been well documented in my VA health record. 
 

 

Did you have any symptoms(low frequency significant threshold shifts present on audiograms, ear pain, hearing loss, dizziness, tinnitus) attributable to Meniere's Disease recorded in your service treatment records while on active duty?

If so, a claim for Meniere's Disease may be in order.

Frequent bouts of vertigo relevant to Meniere's Disease should be awarded a 100% rating..

Edited April 28, 2020 by 63Charlie

[MKAH]

4 hours ago, 63Charlie said:

 

Did you have any symptoms(low frequency significant threshold shifts present on audiograms, ear pain, hearing loss, dizziness, tinnitus) attributable to Meniere's Disease recorded in your service treatment records while on active duty?

If so, a claim for Meniere's Disease may be in order.

Frequent bouts of vertigo relevant to Meniere's Disease should be awarded a 100% rating..

My military medical records are mostly lost forever.  The only notable things I can personally verify that occurred during my enlistment, while serving in Germany assigned to an 8" Howitzer Battalion, is hearing loss, tinitus & severe headaches.   

[Buck52]

You guys may want to check your c-file, for medical notes from your past units that you were in..I found some very important  medical notes in my c-file from just going to sick call , it had my unit name address apo the whole 9 yards  while i was in germany...these notes helped me prove I was in Germany  as my dd 214 never reveal that.

I have my c-file on compact disk  and its easy to read through it  of course this was at the bottom of about 9.000. pages  but I found them.  look and read very carefully  and you just might find what you need.

[MKAH]

1 hour ago, Buck52 said:

You guys may want to check your c-file, for medical notes from your past units that you were in..I found some very important  medical notes in my c-file from just going to sick call , it had my unit name address apo the whole 9 yards  while i was in germany...these notes helped me prove I was in Germany  as my dd 214 never reveal that.

I have my c-file on compact disk  and its easy to read through it  of course this was at the bottom of about 9.000. pages  but I found them.  look and read very carefully  and you just might find what you need.

Thanks Buck52, I'll take a look as I have my C-File on a disk in PDF format.   

The only thing I noticed with the data on my C-File disk, is it is not all searchable like most PDF documents are.  I have the feeling that some of the information, at some point was scanned to maybe a JPG file, then later saved to a PFD file?