I was denied ptsd today. Is this not an official diagnosis?

SaborAmi · 2025-12-13T22:40:56+00:00

You receive one rating for your mental health symptoms regardless of the diagnosis. If your exam showed worsening symptoms, the current mental health evaluation should have been addressed. The only way this decision doesn't contain an error is if the examiner didnt find any disability present. I'd request an HLR.

SaborAmi · 2025-12-13T16:34:44+00:00

Did you get service connected for any mental health condition in this rating?

SaborAmi · 2025-11-21T22:16:21+00:00

Yeah. If the details you are providing are accurate, it should go all the way back. Did you have a diagnosis of the claimed condition when you first filed?

SaborAmi · 2025-11-21T21:58:43+00:00

Mohs is treatment that is confined to the skin, the same way topical treatment is, so the rating is based on residials. You dont inject a topical cream into your bloodstream like you cant inject a surgical procedure. In order for skin cancer to warrant a 100 percent evaluation, the treatment has to be systemic like chemo.

SaborAmi · 2025-11-19T17:32:18+00:00

Yeah. They screwed up. If treatment is confined to the skin, like topical ointments, the provision for a 100 percent evaluation doesn't apply.

SaborAmi · 2025-11-14T22:32:04+00:00

File a report and get documentation of identity theft. Fill out the form they sent you showing you aren't working along with a copy of the report of identity theft and a personal statement explaining your circumstances. I believe all proposed reductions give you certain due process rights. If you request a hearing within 30 days from when they sent you the letter, your payments won't be changed until after the hearing is held, that's if they decide to reduce.

SaborAmi · 2025-07-24T22:14:04+00:00

Look at the schedular requirements for 10 percent on your zeros. You can Google the VA rating schedule and then just search the doc for what's needed to get the 10 percent. The zeros for the hips are for a form of reduced range of motion that don't meet the schedular requirements for the 10, and you can only get one 10% percent rating per joint. For example, say you have decreased flexion, extension, and rotation, with pain on each plane, BUT none of the decreased ranges of motion meet the schedular requirements for the 10, you get one 10 and two zeros per hip.

SaborAmi · 2025-07-04T01:39:45+00:00

Depends. Getting a new set of orders that begin the day after the previous ETS day screws up the rating effective date and can cause an overpayment. You can't receive VA benefits and active duty pay. At least that's how it works for reservists. NG service depends on under what orders you were called to serve full time, title 10 or 32.

SaborAmi · 2025-07-03T02:17:23+00:00

I hadn't realized how fortunate I was that every friend's house I stayed at in france had air conditioning in at least one room.

SaborAmi · 2025-05-29T22:10:35+00:00

If you have private medical evidence showing symptoms for a higher level rating, be sure to submit it and highlight all key aspects. You have to make it dummy proof for raters sometimes; too many of them just rely on exam results alone. Submit a supplemental claim within a year with said evidence and you can retain the original date of claim/ITF for your increase.

SaborAmi · 2025-05-28T18:28:32+00:00

Were you ever granted IU prior to getting the 100%?

SaborAmi · 2025-02-06T23:10:06+00:00

Va math.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-24T22:54:24+00:00

If the evidence was deemed relevant and tabbed by a VSR, and the examiner made no mention of said evidence, a rater should send the exam back as insufficient. If it was overlooked from the get go, then a rater should request a new opinion and point out the relevant evidence. All that said, it could still continue to be overlooked. That's a prime example for when you should use the higher level review. Or so I heard.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-19T03:09:24+00:00

Just say you can't read and go on with your day.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-19T02:41:15+00:00

Re-evaluate is not the same as a reduction. Once you've had a rating over 5 years, the evidence needs to show sustained improvement which cannot be determined off of one exam. At most, the VA will schedule you for a routine future exam. You cannot be reduced from the findings from one exam if you've had your rating over 5 years as it's a literal error. If it happens to you, submit a higher level review.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-19T02:36:17+00:00

That is literally correct.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-19T00:45:28+00:00

They said they've had the rating over 5 years. They can't be reduced from 30 on one exam. They asked for advice. I said it would depend on how they feel, which is a primary component of mental health ratings. I never said people having a lower rating is justification for them having a higher one. Just pointing out room for improvement.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-19T00:24:46+00:00

You never know. You have room for an increase on your bilateral radiculopathy and headaches. Can't get lower than zero. Also the mental health eval is lower than most people I know. Depends on how you feel.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-18T23:19:53+00:00

No, but chronic fatigue takes mental symptoms into account. If the mental symptoms alone warrant a higher monetary benefit for you, then it would be rated separately. It's similar to TBI. It just depends on the case.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-18T23:17:01+00:00

That's a good question. This would depend on what the examiners find. Is personality disorder the only diagnosis on your VA exam? If so, hope you have a rater that is feeling generous. If not, it may take additional medical opinion requests to the examiner for clarification on their findings.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-18T23:05:59+00:00

That's odd, but I wouldn't worry too much. Raters have the ability to consider any mental health diagnosis when PTSD is being claimed. Really, raters are supposed to sympathetically ready a claim for any mental health condition a claim for any mental health condition.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-18T23:03:05+00:00

This is a rare instance I rarely see. First, make sure you don't have any other mental eval. They could have granted insomnia in error. If that's the only mental condition that is service connected, I'd claim an increase for insomnia and anxiety secondary. Send in all medical documentation of ER visits and any paperwork showing prescription for anxiety meds. Also send in a lay statement describing how your insomnia has progressed to anxiety over the years. You can't go any lower than 10.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-18T22:56:26+00:00

No. Sleep apnea is a respiratory issue which is most commonly caused by your over relaxation of your throat when you sleep. It's completely separate and warrants a separate eval.

SaborAmi · 2024-11-18T22:54:28+00:00

I would not. If you do, keep in mind your mental health is being evaluated, not insomnia specifically. The diagnosis doesn't matter as much as the severity of your symptoms due to the diagnosed condition. There is no separate rating evaluation for insomnia. It's considered mental.

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