--Does anyone know what the current ACTUAL re-evaluation time frame is for the VA? The books says a re-eval will be conducted within 5 years since rating award, but I read others that are never re-eval'd at all. If a re-evaluation is scheduled based on potential for your disability to get better or worse, how do you know which one will be re-eval'd? As it stands, I'm coming up on 15 months on TDRL and I've been told I will be re-evaluated at that time for my PTSD and nothing else. But I'm wondering if/when all my other rated items will be evaluated?
--I have numerous minor ratings such as tendinitis, sciatica, joint pain with movement ect. that I havent been seen for once since being on TDRL. There's not much that can be done, so I don't bother getting seen for them. Should I be concerned those ratings will decrease? I worry that I'll be scheduled for a re-eval and have little or no paperwork post-retirement on some of my minor ratings. I know after 5 years, I will enter into a protected rating status which requires the VA to find proof that the disability is better to reduce a rating. I'm assuming no news does not automatically mean "he's better"? Anyone have experience with this?
--I have numerous minor ratings such as tendinitis, sciatica, joint pain with movement ect. that I havent been seen for once since being on TDRL. There's not much that can be done, so I don't bother getting seen for them. Should I be concerned those ratings will decrease? I worry that I'll be scheduled for a re-eval and have little or no paperwork post-retirement on some of my minor ratings. I know after 5 years, I will enter into a protected rating status which requires the VA to find proof that the disability is better to reduce a rating. I'm assuming no news does not automatically mean "he's better"? Anyone have experience with this?
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