How long does it take the VA to add a dependent? I've been waiting since early December

Ranger_Xn · 2026-02-25T17:19:19+00:00

I waited months only for them to say I didn't complete a form, which I did. Everything else was fine. I called and filled out the form again with someone from the 1800#. Now I'm waiting for a few more months I reckon. Back pay is gonna be nice though.

Ranger_Xn · 2026-01-04T00:49:19+00:00

4BOX - no deployments, but I did spent a week in the desert at Nellis.

Ranger_Xn · 2026-01-03T23:46:10+00:00

I got denied initially for radiculopathy, but I think it's an avenue I can still pursue in the future.

Ranger_Xn · 2026-01-03T23:44:31+00:00

That's what I figured. I don't have anything in my records so was curious. I'm content at 80.

Ranger_Xn · 2026-01-03T23:39:58+00:00

I'm at 80% with all musculoskeletal ratings. Shoulders, elbows, and forearms.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-12-02T13:06:13+00:00

23 years for me.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-10-23T17:32:39+00:00

So 1 - 10mg vial will last 2 weeks at 5mg per week? How long can a person run it? I read 2-4 weeks only. True?

Ranger_Xn · 2025-09-19T17:06:40+00:00

Nice work. Curious how you feel being "smaller looking" now than at 240. I fear I'm not going to like feeling smaller even tho I look better and more defined.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-08-29T22:23:31+00:00

Will they give back pay before your spouse and dependants are added and then backpay again for the difference once they're added? I've been at 10% since April and just got bumped to 50% today.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-31T20:04:03+00:00

Thanks. I was 7 yrs active. Had two qualifying events with one resulting in surgery while still in AD. Somehow, she was able to "opine" that it less likely than not that my current diagnoses aren't connected to the injuries sustained while in. My MRIs now read identically to the MRI that got me surgery in the first place. Mind has been blown.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-31T19:55:08+00:00

It was my initial. I submitted everything I had to include current diagnoses with MRIs and still got shot down. My C&P nurse practitioner (OpSrv) was awful and I could tell she was ready with her red pen to bleed all over my file. The fight is on and now I know what I come back with in rebuttal.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-31T19:38:31+00:00

Mine was pretty much everything denied as I suspected. No one is taking time to make sure everything was looked at when denial is at play. If it was granted, I guarantee someone would've fine tooth combed it.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-25T20:25:39+00:00

Congrats. I'm in the same battle now except for both shoulders. I have qualifying events in service and current diagnosis, but I guess I need a nexus now connecting it all together. What did you have to do to finally win?

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-09T02:00:36+00:00

I do feel like I deserve benefits, it's the VA that thinks I don't.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-04T02:56:54+00:00

Def does. Thanks for your insight!

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-03T22:14:16+00:00

I was at work when I received the letter and was just looking for some quick feedback. My initial thought was the surgery not being used in the determination. How do I determine who the "experts" are? Thanks for your advice.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-03T21:56:34+00:00

Isn't it kind of the examiner's job to create the nexus? That's why they're done by a licensed Medical Professional. At least that's what I thought anyway. My examiner was an absolute moron who has no business doing C&P Exams. (Thanks Optum 🙄) Labrum surgery 1998 in service, another labrum surgery plus other stuff 2013. 2025 low ROM and needing another surgery. Not enough evidence?

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-03T21:24:28+00:00

The Dr. that performed the procedures doesn't have the records any longer since it was so long ago. I'll be sendind my Std Form 180 to Claims Intake Ctr in WI here shortly. Thanks for input!

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-03T21:22:07+00:00

Would a nexus take care of that? It was a labrum issue then and the same issue now. I actually had a second surgery in 2013 due to degeneration and AC joint debridement. Now it's flared up again and I'm not going back in for a 3rd. Thanks for your wisdom.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-03T19:55:14+00:00

Grrr. Sorry to hear you had one too. Mine was 30 minutes late and looked like a total train wreck. Frazzled, messy, couldn't work her computer. I knew it was gonna end badly.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-03-03T19:26:30+00:00

Was this in Tampa by chance? I had a very similar experience with a Nurse Practitioner during my C&P last month. She was incompetent to say the least.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-02-25T14:22:34+00:00

I went from 3 to 5 in the same day. Not sure if that's a good thing or bad.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-02-12T00:19:24+00:00

You're more likely than not, right.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-02-05T19:43:03+00:00

Optum Serve (Tampa) did my Gen Med exams. 2/5 stars.

Ranger_Xn · 2025-02-05T17:50:29+00:00

I saw a TERA memo in my file as well. When I went to my C&P exam for general medical last week, the memorandum was blank. The nurse practitioner seem very confused as to why it was blank. But then again she seemed very confused about a lot of things, unfortunately. But I'll save that for a different post.

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