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Hello, Apologies for spamming the forums today, but I continue to research and find more questions. Most questions I have I always search via Google, and I seem to always find information that contradicts other information. I feel like the info that is provided here is appreciably more...

Hello, Just wondering out of curiosity - I understand that one of the primary factors in a successful claim is a diagnosis. If the C&P examiner checks the associated boxes on the DBQ - generally in Section 1 - does that count as a diagnosis, or is that simply the examiner acknowledging that...

Hello NHow, Thank you for the reply. The VA side is actually what I'm trying to determine. I'm not worried if the DOD adds it...I'm just wondering if the VA actually would rate this at 20% since the boxes checked are aligned with their rating schedule for 'moderate'? I'm just expecting them...

Hello, Hoping someone can shed some light on the above? Grateful for anything and everything! Shaun

Hello, Per the subject, I'm trying to decipher my paperwork / comparing it to the VA's schedule of ratings, and I'm getting more frustration than understanding up to this point. Wondering if anyone here has recent experience with lumbar radiculopathy ratings, and if so, how the VA actually...

Hi Provis, All great info, thank you! I did respond to your message, but I'll continue here so that others might benefit from some of the details. I do have a VA account, but right now, it just says that I don't have a VA rating, and that I have no claims on file. I don't know the logistical...

I wanted to just edit my previous post, but it doesn't look like I can...possibly too much time has passed. To put my main concern another way, I typed this up: I realize I'm probably beating a dead horse at this point, but the irony is that the same symptoms I'm asking about here are the...

All, Thank you for the replies. I don’t think I’m at that point yet; I don’t have a VA or DoD rating, I just received copies of all my DBQs. My package is being sent to the board for them to review and decide what to do with me, I was told I’ll get my rating when that package comes back, in...

Hey Provis, Thank you for the reply. Here is block 3a from my DBQ: This part, combined with the items that are checked in section III, are the reason I made this thread. I understand that the above block suggests 50%...but many of the blocks checked in section III are in line with a 70%...

Hey John, Understood. That was another conflicting number - some show the 40% lumbar rating does not include 30 degrees...but I went and checked the schedule and it does say up to and including 30 degrees. I appreciate the response! Shaun

Hello, I received my MH DBQ today, and I'm trying to decipher it / how they VA actually assigns a percentage. Is is *strictly* the box in 3a, without any consideration of the boxes that are checked in section III? I'm very curious about this, because my block 3a is what I've read is the 50%...

Hello All, Forgive me for making another thread about this, but I've read conflicting info from various sources as it pertains to the subject. My DBQ for my lower back shows ROM of 30 degrees Active (which blows my mind, I could barely move that day), while the 'repeated use' and 'flare up'...

The primary reason for the PEB decision was initially all physical. Strangely enough, no one in the DoD medical system noticed my diagnosis or medication until recently, and I was told if they had noticed, they would have recommended the PEB sooner. I guess bi-polar is an automatic DQ these...

Background: Current AD Navy with 20.5 years service, referred to PEB on May 3rd. For about a year, I’ve been a patient of a civilian Psychiatrist who has given me a diagnosis (Bi-Polar II) and prescribed me a small medication cocktail. My PCM has already informed me to request my medical file...

Yeah, you're right lol. I can get to 100% on that calculator if I use honest assessments based on the rating schedule for the individual issues I have, but I recognize the need to concede to the assessor's own opinion...which feels a bit 'off' to me, but I do understand it's the reality...

No worries! A follow-on question for that DAV calculator using arbitrary numbers: 20% lower back pain / 20% left radiculopathy / 20% right radiculopathy. 1. 20% for back pain: In the calculator, I click "20%", and then "no bi-lateral factor" 2. 20% for left radiculopathy: In the...

Awesome, that's a really great breakdown of the math, and the link is quite helpful. To clarify that, doesn't the rating process start with your highest percentage first? So if I had a 30 and two 20's, would that math start with the 30 and then do the multiplication based on the two 20's...

Thanks again to everyone for the replies. To follow up, I'm working OT trying to give myself a preliminary rating (VA) based on what I've learned regarding my issues and how the VA rates them via the C&P exams. Does anyone know how the calculation is done for bi-lateral findings? Quick...

Provis, Awesome, thank you for all that info! Most of what you said is what I was assuming, but I just wanted to make sure. As far as my own concerns, I’m really just trying to maximize what I get from the VA. Unless the PEB rates me less than 30%, which..I don’t know the general mentality...

Hello All, First and foremost - if this thread is in the wrong location, please forgive me! I am currently AD Navy with about 20.5 years of service. Due to a plethora of issues, I was just recommended (and submitted for) a MEDBOARD by my PCM and the senior Medical Officer at the clinic. As...