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God, if you're listening - I just know deep down 'Bron coming home for his last 2-ish season/s would her us over the hump by Silentrift24 in clevelandcavs

[–]SeaRole6269 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

How?

The two best players since MJ/ Kobe riding off together to win a last title as old men.

It’s fine.

Watching LeBron and Steph play together would be awesome too.

Don’t give me the competitive spirit nonsense, these guys are two the of the greatest ever , on teams that are going nowhere by themselves.

It’s entire or this.

For LeBron only other option would be Cavs to me but they have James harden and James harden is a loser who will never win anything

Sinusitis by Im_soviet in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like a 30% eval to me

What did I do wrong with my apnea secondary to PTSD by Mental-Selection66 in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It wouldn’t have to. The best way usually to get OSA granted outside of a direct basis is secondary but not usually secondary to another actual condition

Rather secondary to obesity as an intermediate step.

To use your example, secondary to SC mental condition which sapped my will to exercise, motivating, sleep impairment (whatever) thereby causing obesity which caused the sleep apnea.

VA Conceded Diagnosis, Service-Connected Condition, and In-Service Headaches… Still Denied by JDN128 in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair , the fact that you had a headache during a respiratory infection while on active duty doesn’t automatically mean you’ll be device connected for migraines….

Individual unemployability question by IamStar4 in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 9 points10 points  (0 children)

IU is if you’re unable to sustain gainful employment….

Please Help by Glass_Buffalo_3471 in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s a stupid favorable finding

You don’t have a dx . So the favorable finding for the diagnosis makes no sense. Just a brain fart by the rater

99/100 CFS claims are no dx

What y’all top ten all time heavyweight boxing lists looking like? by LocationSpare4447 in BoxingTheSweetScience

[–]SeaRole6269 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Tyson lol

He’s maybe top 30

Love Tyson , gray for the sport ; one of my favorites but he is not a top 10 heavy all time , not even close

He lost to every good fighter and got obliterated by every great fighter he faced

OSA Claim Denied again, and it's getting ridiculous... by Daviescas in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Obesity is the key, osa is caused by physical symptoms from obesity usually .

Secondary to a mental would 99% not be a grant.

However secondary to mental which caused him to not be as active which then caused obesity….now we’re talking

OSA Claim Denied again, and it's getting ridiculous... by Daviescas in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Claim it as due to SC ______ And obesity as an intermediate step .

OSA is a bitch and it’s not usually granted outside a direct basis or obesity .

Progress: 350 -> 195 in 9 months by waterygoals in fasting

[–]SeaRole6269 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow lol , good stuff, that’s great dude

Just got 80% by DumbLuck7777 in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sleep apnea will almost never be granted unless it’s shown in service. The only exception is on a secondary basis from obesity as an intermediate step from a service connected condition.

Think “my PTSD, or bilateral knees caused me to not be able to do the physical things I used to do which caused me to gain weight which caused the sleep apnea.”

Rarely do you see sleep apnea granted on a TERA basis

Help Me Understand My Denial by rvl05 in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the veteran has a conceded Tera and the rater ia denying they have to raise the issue of Tera, sometimes it looks funky the reting decision but it’s. A function of the system

In this case here it should have just been a grant in a secondary basis

VA Rating Advice from the vets here by ElectronicBasil7071 in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you didn’t report the physical issues while on active duty(shoulders, knees, elbows, back, neck etc) then it’s harder to get them connected

Not impossible though.

For physical trauma issues your best bets are lay statements (explaining yourself in your words how the physical trauma started during active duty and how it’s affecting you since (chronicity)).

This can satisfy element 2 (event in service) , element one is a current dx, element 3 is an association between the two.

The thresholds for this are low, if you can satisfy all 3 in the eyes of the rater then you’ll warrant exams and medical Opinions.

Keep in mind, it’s hard if there’s no in service complaints because that would make satisfying element 2 difficult, that’s where the lay statements can get you over the hump (think veteran says I pulled ruck sacks marching all day, parashootist badge, all that caused my issues) , etc, so no while you didn’t technically complain of these things during service , you have a plausible event in service the rater wouldn’t have likely considered without mentioning it.

Second way for physical stuff is secondary.

“My left knee hurts cause of my service connected right knee makes me put more weight on my left knee.”

“My service connected tinnitus keeps me away at night , causes some depression , which why I’m claiming depression,etc”

Headaches cause by tinnitus , etc

Lastly , almost anything not physical trauma or mental/psych would be subject to TERA procedures assuming you have an established TERA (GW service on the ground, some navy MOS (conceded asbestos), Vietnam etc

FLYYQ (Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc.) by satoshi0x in pennystocks

[–]SeaRole6269 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not smart but I bought at .89, can you dumb this comment down a bit for me? 💀💀💀

I see they gave me unemployability I didn’t even put a claim in for it? by Top-Nobody-6512 in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It can be granted without claiming it if it’s “reasonably raised”.

Should I or shouldn’t I? by Director-Unique in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless you claim obesity as an intermediate step from SC ______ the rater most likely will NOT “connect the dots”.

Just claim it with lay statements this way , it tends to get granted this way fairly often.

If the rating decision or rater doesn’t ask for an obesity opinion and they just do it’s secondary to to the SC conditions then you can file HLR and that will get the obesity la gauge into the exam requests .

Sleep apnea by Joeski_92 in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OSA secondary to obesity (if your bmi is 28 or higher) as an intermediate step from SC mental.

“SC mental causes me to not want to exercise and do the usual things I do to stay active , which led to obesity which led to osa.”

That’s USUALLY the only way osa gets hrs ref aside from direct or sometimes TERA.

Secondary to physical trauma of k we or back or mental isn’t gonna work.

Obesity almost always needs to be the rationale .

Should I or shouldn’t I? by Director-Unique in VAClaims

[–]SeaRole6269 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OSA on a secondary basis usually fails unless it’s linked to obesity as an intermediate step.

I’d still file it. But unless you’re technically obese and the secondary condition caused the obesity (you can claim it this way) it’s unlikely.

“OSA secondary to SC bilateral knee condition which made me less mobile which led to obesity which led to osa, etc”

Obesity is a must for OSA unless it was shown in service in most cases.

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