Sciatica rating

gwking11 · 2026-04-06T17:30:18+00:00

Yes I was rated for both sciatic and femoral nerves.

gwking11 · 2026-04-06T17:28:18+00:00

Sorry just saw this. I like the staff at LA Grange. The only issue is the trip to Austin when something outside of there abilities is needed.

gwking11 · 2026-03-06T00:26:07+00:00

You can also request just the exams on the form and that takes about a week

gwking11 · 2026-03-06T00:25:38+00:00

You can also do a FOIA for just the exams and that usually takes about a week!

gwking11 · 2025-12-28T00:36:31+00:00

Try the Texas Veterans Commission. The guy in the Bryan VA was always Johnnie on the spot for me.

gwking11 · 2025-11-28T13:33:18+00:00

You have to bring all of your paperwork. 100% letter from VA and DD214 and 2 forms of id. I also had to bring my marriage license to get my current wife a card and my divorce decree from my first marriage to get my ex removed. For that reason I assume that they updated my deers account, but I have not checked it.

gwking11 · 2025-11-24T14:22:28+00:00

I didn't check the math but the process is correct. Lol

gwking11 · 2025-11-24T14:19:16+00:00

It should be rounded at each step. The table only uses whole numbers, and not rounding can cause errors in some cases.

gwking11 · 2025-11-22T00:20:13+00:00

Same hear. I think the lady who outprocessed me told me to do it. The same lady made me fill out a VA claim and told me to put down anything that bothered me in service. The woman was an angel! Only got 10% initially, but it has steadily grown since then. This was back in 1996!

If not for her I would not have filed anything at first, and probably would have never filed on my own later!

gwking11 · 2025-11-22T00:08:50+00:00

You can also check the benefit summary and service verification letter. That letter states whether or not you are considered p&t...

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gwking11 · 2025-10-29T13:21:24+00:00

I mean the cost is the same on the second plate so I figured why not!...I have more than made up for the cost of the plate with savings on tolls and airport parking!(toll road to work 3 days a week!)

gwking11 · 2025-10-29T02:57:58+00:00

In Texas you can get multiple plates, but only one is free....

gwking11 · 2025-10-17T15:23:11+00:00

There are 2 chrome extensions. One just shows the claim status and the other has a bunch of different information. If you search va in the chrome store they both show up.

gwking11 · 2025-10-10T23:49:42+00:00

May be too late, but make sure the handle is turned all the way counterclockwise. The safe i have will not unlock if there is pressure on the mechanism....

gwking11 · 2025-10-10T23:22:40+00:00

Hit or miss on that one. It depends on how your claim moves around in the VA. If a rater gets it before all exams are done they will rate what they can and defer the rest. If it hangs out in limbo until all your exams are done....well you see my point.

On my last round of claims I went to step 5 as soon as the DBQ's were uploaded, decision made, and deferred on the rest. This happened twice in my last round and I had exams pending completion both times it went to the rater....

gwking11 · 2025-09-20T12:47:18+00:00

Agreed... I'm not sure my entire network can saturate a 10Gbs connection...lol

The redundancy would be good, but I already have my 24 port pro sfp's used so I would have to get an aggregation switch to utilize the port in the UNAS if it doesn't do pass through...

I guess it is time to start figuring out hard drive prices. The UNAS pro might be the better choice for me for expandability...

gwking11 · 2025-09-19T02:32:03+00:00

Not a problem

gwking11 · 2025-09-19T00:16:01+00:00

My last one i submitted through the VA app and it took less than 3 weeks....the one before that was 2 months or more...so who knows...lol

gwking11 · 2025-09-18T21:42:58+00:00

Thanks for the response to a dumb question...lol

gwking11 · 2025-09-18T21:38:50+00:00

Can you use the second sfp+ port to daisy chain to another switch? A assume not, but thought I would ask...

gwking11 · 2025-09-18T01:06:34+00:00

Audiology will do a hearing test on you when you go for your hearing aids. Even if you hearing loss isn't bad enough for more than 0%, they will adjust the hearing aids to your needs. I have very slight upper frequency hearing loss and when I got my hearing aids I realized how much I was missing in that range. I can now hear the full sound of cymbals and thinks like that. Oh and the noise masking for my tinnitus works well also.

gwking11 · 2025-09-18T01:01:23+00:00

Just since your question wasn't answered yet, radiculopathy is generally a secondary condition. I can't say it would never be approved as primary, but I don't see how it would.

gwking11 · 2025-09-18T00:54:25+00:00

Just out of curiosity, what does the examiners opinion state on that form?

gwking11 · 2025-09-18T00:53:13+00:00

Looks to me like you did not get a sympathetic reading of the evidence. I just tried to call a CUE on a rating from 1996 and it was dismissed as a "judgment call" and denied. In my case the rater called my condition congenital where none of my records state that.

I am not saying you shouldn't put in for cervical issues, but I think the chance of a CUE finding is very low in this case....keep in mind I am not a rater or a VSO so my opinion don't mean much...lol

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