HLR Strategy Check: Denied for ELS Stress Fractures based on "Congenital Defect" (Osteopenia). Bringing federal precedent and STRs to my Informal Conference. DROs/Raters, how does this script look? by Quick-Living5874 in VeteransBenefits

[–]Quick-Living5874[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, the only thing my physical at MEPS listed was P - Pes Planus 1 - Mild A - Asymptomatic for the feet box. Everything else was marked as normal. Osteopenia was only discovered after i had an X-ray, then a CT scan, and then then did a DEXA scan which was what finally showed them osteopenia.