Benefit Letter today for first filing of VA claims (is this for real?)

[Tbird]

17 hours ago, IndySam said:

Thanks so much everyone!!!  Would still have zero (none) without Hadit.com

 

Some were deferred,

I looked in benefits, under disabilities.

 

 

 

@IndySam Great News! Glad HadIt.com was helpful.

[IndySam]

Hi, For the GERD and Sleep Apnea, both deferred. I now am scheduled for additional C&P exams with Optum. Since this is the second set of exams for those two (previously did it with VA and QTC).  Would this be if the VA is going to maybe put them as secondary conditions?

They are not directly service-connected.

I can post this in a diff forum too if I need to. 

 

Thanks!!

[Dot09]

Just curious indysam but are those two secondary? Sleep apnea is very difficult to get directly. You may want to personally request they as secondary and make sure the examiner know that they are secondary to ptsd/ medication/weight gain  and secondary gerd from your meds

P.S. Also do you get migraine/headache from bipolar/panic attacks. As stress is a big contributor to migraines. I too took a dbq to my migraine specialist in which I gave her a filled out dbq and a blank dbq and she filled it out to a t. I later was awarded for 50% from the VARO because her favorable dbq. I also was award in 3 months for a C&P examiner that has state my sleep apnea was secondary to bipolar treatment meds and weight gain. 

Edited November 2, 2023 by Dot09

[Dot09]

Indysam 

To answer your question about secondary and will the Va consider it? From my experience no the Va does not they only consider directly when filed. That is why am suggesting you send something in and mention to the examiner that it is secondary. I know bronco says they should always consider all. But should and do are two different things with the Va 

 

P.S. be sure to tell the examiner that your sleep apnea is secondary to ptsd/medication/weight gain also be sure to list those medications. As far as the gerd it can be secondary to nsaids for pain management or possibly ptsd meds depending on the medication. You should read the bottle.

Edited November 2, 2023 by Dot09

[IndySam]

1 hour ago, Dot09 said:

Indysam 

To answer your question about secondary and will the Va consider it? From my experience no the Va does not they only consider directly when filed. That is why am suggesting you send something in and mention to the examiner that it is secondary. I know bronco says they should always consider all. But should and do are two different things with the Va 

 

P.S. be sure to tell the examiner that your sleep apnea is secondary to ptsd/medication/weight gain also be sure to list those medications. As far as the gerd it can be secondary to nsaids for pain management or possibly ptsd meds depending on the medication. You should read the bottle.

ok, I can get something together for when I have the exam to tell them about being due to the other things.

 

I checked on VA dot com and it answered my own question. They changed them to secondary this week I guess.

 

[Dot09]

Good to hear. Just prepare and make sure you have all the information on hand and medication that you take. Spoon feed it to the examiner. I like to play dumb like they are educating me that way I can get a sense of what their opinion may be. Nobody likes a know it all. So I suggest you go in there with a humble but concerning attitude towards your health concerns. Offer compliments or I didn’t know that thanks for telling me. You get what I’m saying. I wish you the best of luck

 

P.S. Just to be on the safe side I would still write a statement in support of claim of secondary condition because the could always botch that up by leaving our sc medications and weight gain. I had that happen to me when I filed for migraines secondary bipolar panic attacks. The examiner stated that they were two different conditions that do not cause one another. However had the examiner considered aggravation I would have been awarded. I now am awarded because I had to go back and state that it was a aggravation of sc conditions.

Edited November 2, 2023 by Dot09