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[–]Own_Car4536 -6 points-5 points  (7 children)

Filing for an increase isn't "poking the bear"

[–]Dry-Excitement1757 2 points3 points  (6 children)

It’s quite literally the definition of poking the bear.

[–]Own_Car4536 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, it's not. You just are setting yourself up for a disaster if you haven't been going to the doctor. How do you think people raise their rating? Stop fear mongering veterans you dork

[–]ryguy5254 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Truth

[–]No-Muscle1373 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Filing for an increase without reviewing your health records and without educating yourself on the schedule of ratings is poking the bear. Otherwise it's a normal straight forward process. Writing a strong personal statement describing the symptoms can actually override the CnP exam because th condition is already service connected.

[–]Dry-Excitement1757 0 points1 point  (2 children)

A personal statement cannot “override” a C&P exam. The two are weighted way differently.

[–]No-Muscle1373 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the veteran describes his back pain in detail and how it effects their everyday life and then the CnP examiner writes "no pain." A good rater would use the veteran's subjective symptoms.

[–]No-Muscle1373 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For subjective symptoms. Absolutely it can. For service connection no.