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We accept private DBQs as long as they are appropriate for whatever condition you are claiming. Like hearing get an audiologist. I am a rater.

This is for when you want to talk directly to the VA via an appointment set up through the website. You set up an appointment to have a callback or go to the nearest regional office. Better than the 800 number in my opinion. Ask all the questions you want. Just list what you want to discuss in...

No stipend but you can start

Muscle skeleton issues do not get rated high. You however can have radiculopathy/peripheal nerves that can boost you. I rated a lumbar-sacral the other day,

If this helps, these conditions were approved for CRSC Navy. I retired over twenty and collecting VA. If you are 100 percent CRSC DFAS will find which is the better benefit. Cannot do both CDRP and CRSC at the same time. Ref: (a) 10 U.S.C. §1413a 1. Your application for Combat-Related...

If you can get to 20 do that and still go through the medical retirement process. Extend the delay as much as you can. However, you must be enrolled in the PEB before your 20, because they will find you fit to retire at 20. You could always fight this of course. I did over 20 and medically...

Please see the hyperlink attached. This will allow you to get quicker and updated status by setting up an appointment. VA VERA VA Rater

Remember PFCAC is different from VA Aid and Attendance. Both go by rating ADL's Assisted Daily Living if that is the acroynm

I was on the caregiver program while on active duty. So no specific disability, but cumulative. For VA Aid Attendance my narcolepsy with cataplexy was increased to 1005 and my PTSD was increased to 100%. Just approved for CRSC. My mental health issues almost got me fired, However, with good...

I was PDRL originally. I asked the PEB board to make me PDRL and they granted it. So, I never touched TDRL.

Also, you only get graded for one mental health condition. The one which is the most dominant

For your PTSD, the symptoms are the most important thing graded on the DBQ: your occupational and social impairment. I went through the IDES, 22-year PDRL, PT 100%, and now a VA Rater (new rater) I medically retired last year.

It said entitled to chapter 35 DEA and disability is considered PT and no further examinations needed

Greetings, it has been a long time, 100% DOD, 100% VA Permenant and Total PDRL 22 years Navy. Disability Combat Related: PTSD (Had to appeal the FPEB decision through Code 13) About to apply for SMC L, which has the potential to go to O. My wife is my caregiver (she gets paid by the VA as my...

Administrative Law (Code 13) Legislation, Regulations, Freedom of Information Act / Privacy Act (FOIA / PA), and Disability Law Branch (Code 133) Code 133 coordinates OJAG review and comment on a myriad of legislative items and DoD and DoN regulations, directives, and instructions. Acting as the...