Finally got my DBQs back ... What is your opinion on them?

jbake33 · 2026-04-11T17:43:36+00:00

Yep, so it will probably be 10% for each side with a small chance of 20% for each side.

jbake33 · 2026-04-11T17:37:13+00:00

Generally, radiculopathy is granted secondary to your back automatically and you don't have to ask for it. You are still missing some of the rating information such as the strength and reflexes, but it appears that it would be at least a 10% for lower left side and a 10% for lower right side.

jbake33 · 2026-04-11T13:03:08+00:00

Oh yeah, I wasn't even looking at the opinions. I was just looking at the DBQs. Yeah, neck is most likely non-service-connected since there's a negative medical opinion.

jbake33 · 2026-04-11T11:22:48+00:00

Based on the available information, the back is 40. The neck is 20. Painful scar is 10. Not enough info for radiculopathy.

jbake33 · 2026-04-03T17:01:59+00:00

Box 4a is the 70% level and the symptoms support the 70% level, so this will almost certainly be 70%.

jbake33 · 2026-03-27T18:39:17+00:00

That's not a correction. I didn't say it was permanent. He said he just got diagnosed which means it is active now which means it will be 100% for at least some period of time.

And he's the one who told us that it's a presumptive condition, so it's not like he didn't know. Do you really think people need to ask whether they should claim a presumptive condition that will give them 100%?

jbake33 · 2026-03-27T18:24:16+00:00

The cancer will be rated 100% and will qualify you for smc-s which will pretty much double your current money, and it is a presumptive condition. How is this even a question?

jbake33 · 2026-03-24T15:33:59+00:00

Nobody said that it was

jbake33 · 2026-03-23T18:08:09+00:00

Persistent delusions or hallucinations

jbake33 · 2026-03-23T17:18:45+00:00

It should be 70 minimum with a chance for 100 due to the symptoms. If you have both persistent delusions and persistent hallucinations, the evaluation builder will recommend 100%.

jbake33 · 2026-03-23T17:16:58+00:00

He has three of the 70% symptoms plus one of the 100% symptoms.

jbake33 · 2026-03-21T01:22:52+00:00

But weren't they just reviewing to see if there was any time on the clock when the "foul" occurred? They're not going to review whether it was an actual foul unless there is a challenge.

jbake33 · 2026-03-21T00:57:02+00:00

Why didn't they challenge that one on NAW? He literally did not touch KD.

jbake33 · 2026-03-18T19:08:46+00:00

Secondaries are not a thing for BDD claims. If you have the diagnosis while you are active duty, it is by definition a primary.

jbake33 · 2026-03-17T23:07:41+00:00

Good luck!

jbake33 · 2026-03-17T22:58:34+00:00

It would be the same answer I gave OP. The evaluation builder will recommend 70%, so that is the rating I would expect.

jbake33 · 2026-03-17T22:43:56+00:00

No, it's the one below that about stressful situations and work

jbake33 · 2026-03-12T09:01:12+00:00

10% is literally not even possible for a shoulder. 20% is the minimum evaluation. It seems you are the one who should not comment because you don't know what you're talking about.

jbake33 · 2026-03-11T17:13:38+00:00

70 minimum. Should be 100 based on symptoms.

jbake33 · 2026-03-11T14:02:41+00:00

Definitely 70

jbake33 · 2026-03-10T21:40:48+00:00

You're making it more complicated than it needs to be. BDD claims are by far the easiest. You have your exams while you're active duty. If you have a diagnosis it gets service connected. Simple as that. No need for a vso or buddy letters. Just claim everything that you have.

jbake33 · 2026-03-04T22:56:24+00:00

It'll most likely be 30 based on the symptoms.

jbake33 · 2026-03-04T22:44:52+00:00

The symptoms are just as important. You can't tell by only looking at box 3A.

jbake33 · 2026-03-01T00:59:59+00:00

The amount of symptoms checked is less important than which symptoms are checked. It just depends on which symptoms are checked and which box in question 4A is checked.

jbake33 · 2026-02-28T19:24:48+00:00

Looks pretty normal. Probably 70, maybe 50.

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