Low IPEB results, please help!

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IPEB results:
DoD 50/VA 80
Bipolar 1: 50% TDLR
EoE: Fit (despite VA finding of 50%)

My DBQ was poorly filled out (several boxes including SI were not checked). I feel that I should get at least 70 because of that. I have also been hospitalized.

Anyway, what should I do?
Legal counsel?
Ratings reconsideration? (How long do those take BTW)

I am so ready to be done with this process.
 
RuffBader said:
IPEB results:
DoD 50/VA 80
Bipolar 1: 50% TDLR
EoE: Fit (despite VA finding of 50%)

My DBQ was poorly filled out (several boxes including SI were not checked). I feel that I should get at least 70 because of that. I have also been hospitalized.

Anyway, what should I do?
Legal counsel?
Ratings reconsideration? (How long do those take BTW)

I am so ready to be done with this process.
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To increase a ratings on a condition that was found unfit you can do a VARR. Talk to your assigned IDES legal counsel on the next steps on how to do that. VARR timelines take 3-6 weeks typically to get results of the request.
 
Kangaroo914 said:
Can you appeal a TDRL for pdrl on a ratings reconsideration? Or does that need the FPEB?
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You can't appeal that at all, unless you have proof of missing documentation that should have resulted in PDRL. The "P" is for permanent, the "T" is for temporary. That is based entirely on whether your condition is considered permanent, or if there is a possibility that it will improve with time and treatment. So that's not something you can argue, that's based on a medical standard and an instruction. And, depending on the condition, it may be rooted and law. Some conditions are required to be placed on TDRL regardless.
 
RuffBader said:
My DBQ was poorly filled out (several boxes including SI were not checked). I feel that I should get at least 70 because of that. I have also been hospitalized.
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Have you looked at the 38 CFR to see if there is a way for your rated condition to even get to 70%? Just because you feel you should get a higher percentage does it mean you can. Some conditions are limited to how high they can be rated. Might be worth checking, if you have not already. My apologies if you have already checked.
 
Yes, there were several items that were not checked that should have resulted in a 70%
PERS-95 said:
Have you looked at the 38 CFR to see if there is a way for your rated condition to even get to 70%? Just because you feel you should get a higher percentage does it mean you can. Some conditions are limited to how high they can be rated. Might be worth checking, if you have not already. My apologies if you have already checked.
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PERS-95 said:
You can't appeal that at all, unless you have proof of missing documentation that should have resulted in PDRL. The "P" is for permanent, the "T" is for temporary. That is based entirely on whether your condition is considered permanent, or if there is a possibility that it will improve with time and treatment. So that's not something you can argue, that's based on a medical standard and an instruction. And, depending on the condition, it may be rooted and law. Some conditions are required to be placed on TDRL regardless.
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My condition is lifelong and I have seen other people with bipolar get PDRL. I don’t quite get their logic that my condition is temporary at all. Unstable, yes. Temporary no.
 
Provis said:
To increase a ratings on a condition that was found unfit you can do a VARR. Talk to your assigned IDES legal counsel on the next steps on how to do that. VARR timelines take 3-6 weeks typically to get results of the request.
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I think I’m going this route. I just contacted the IDES lawyers today. I’m ok with the TDRL if I don’t have to go through the FPEB and possibly get found fit or something.
 
RuffBader said:
My condition is lifelong and I have seen other people with bipolar get PDRL. I don’t quite get their logic that my condition is temporary at all. Unstable, yes. Temporary no.
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If it's unstable, it's going to be made temporary. They want to give time to see how treatment does for you. I get that you've been dealing with it a long time, but not as far as PEB is necessarily concerned. It all depends what kind of History you can show as part of the case.
 
I wouldn't worry that much about TDRL. The vast, vast majority of the time you will end up PDRL within the next year or two. Good luck!
 
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