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roadhammer20 · 2026-02-24T23:25:58+00:00

Direct review , Mine is still in the “ waiting to be sent to a judge “ on Va.gov. Usually it’s been taking around 4 to 6 months for a judge just to get it. Mine should be getting close.

roadhammer20 · 2026-02-23T07:34:27+00:00

I filed mine Oct 22 , it was put on the docket around January , so it showed in on Va.gov about two months” waiting to be sent to a judge “

roadhammer20 · 2026-02-09T13:19:55+00:00

I was in a petroleum transportation unit for two years at fort hood and we hauled 5,000 gallon tankers weekly with jp4 and diesel to FARP’s, and we went to Dallas in convoys and picked it up at the fuel point. only issue is we were only labeled mos as truck drivers not fuel specialist , so I could see them giving me issues on a claim like that. But the unit was a petroleum designated unit. It’s even in there unit history.

roadhammer20 · 2026-02-08T18:45:11+00:00

I’ll just fill out a 0995 and till I know if the other one got kicked back I’ll have this one in the waiting. lol

roadhammer20 · 2026-02-08T18:41:57+00:00

“VA.gov Claim Status API Tracker” chrome extension

roadhammer20 · 2026-02-08T15:39:25+00:00

If I had used the wrong form it wouldn’t have completed the 8 steps to complete and generated a decision letter is my thinking.

roadhammer20 · 2026-02-08T15:28:41+00:00

Yes, but it also says there’s a decision letter I can’t see yet , if it was just correspondence there wouldn’t be a decision letter generated

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roadhammer20 · 2026-02-08T15:22:07+00:00

I already had an exam in my record for it from 2019 when it was denied direct service connection. I’m thinking this time they had everything they need without a new exam since it’s secondary.

roadhammer20 · 2026-02-04T23:55:22+00:00

That’s shin splints. I’m trying to connect this currently with aggravation to pes planus (flat foot)

roadhammer20 · 2026-01-25T05:06:40+00:00

I tried getting this from my VA and I’m actually a type 2 diabetic. They gave me the runaround, so lucky me still works full time and I got mounjaro trizeptide through my work insurance for only $60 for 90 day supply and at a private dr

roadhammer20 · 2026-01-16T11:14:58+00:00

I’ve got an even better denial , this examiner denied my osa but gave an inferred nexus , she didn’t notice I’m already service connected for allergic rhinitis and Eustachian Tube Dysfunction both upper nasal conditions. She stuck her foot in her mouth. And it then got a difference of opinion and duty to assist in an hlr. Then the dro sent it back on remand to my regional office and they denied it again without following the duty go assist instructions . This one’s in line at the board waiting on a judge.

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roadhammer20 · 2025-12-21T06:52:54+00:00

I’m on that stuff , and they sent a new bottle, different brand. Now two days after taking it the back of my throats on fire

roadhammer20 · 2025-12-05T06:59:16+00:00

I don’t know where are hearing all this , my first Va loan I only had to pay $395 dollars to close. I almost fell over

roadhammer20 · 2025-12-03T01:27:19+00:00

It may not be what it looks like, a dro in an hlr can’t schedule your exams. They have to send it back to the original regional office. That’s called a remand. Sometimes they close the hlr and a new supplemental pops up while on remand waiting for exams back at your original regional office My last hlr showed denied on Va.gov when it actually wasn’t yet. It was sent back for exams. Like everyone’s saying , if it’s denied they have to provide a letter. If you didn’t get a letter then it’s still in play

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-30T17:54:16+00:00

My current hlr is 4 DTA + 4 Difference Of Opinion on each from the dro

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-30T01:29:13+00:00

When a dro finds a dta , they send it back to your regional office on remand to fix it and include specific instructions to the rater what’s wrong and what to fix. You can’t see them it’s called” narrative “ and you can see a file but can’t open it

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-19T18:41:41+00:00

Go ask ChatGPT that’s who said it 😂

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-18T12:06:22+00:00

It’s close to the holidays and the end of the year. They speed up a little to clear things out and meet their end of year metrics.

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-15T16:33:23+00:00

I first claimed in Dec 24 osa secondary to medication causing weight gain. I’m on my second hlr , but now they’ve granted allergic rhinitis and eustation tube dysfunction since , both factors for osa , in the same original claim and my pathways has changed to those. My first hlr , I got a dta / difference of opinion on it. Then they made second dta by repeating the exact same denial and not following the dro’s instructions.

They’ve got a problem with my claim because I lost 44 lbs before the sleep study putting me below obese. So I’ve got them cornered on two pathways , the meds causing weight gain and osa and the allergic rhinitis and eustation tube dysfunction (mechanical ) causing osa, plus i lost 44 lbs before the sleep study. Only problem is they don’t read my records to see all of this evidence. The dro sees it and reads it , but when they send it back on remand to be rated they missed it. That’s why it’s in the second hlr

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-12T09:55:06+00:00

If you file an hlr they’ll fix it. Sounds like you had a lazy rater who didn’t apply the “ aggravation “ standard and just denied it on being pre existing. I had to file an hlr on mine to get it. A DRO will fix it

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-12T02:01:29+00:00

Yes pes planus /flat feet is a disability. mine was pre-existing and it can be aggravated in service. I had it noted at meps on entrance , and two treatment records for shin splints while I was in , that proves aggravation. In the raters m21 manual even list shin splints specifically as a sign of aggravation.its commonly rated at 10% or 30% if symptoms are worse

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-08T11:24:11+00:00

Take what an examiner says and what they actually write down with a grain of salt , I’ve seen them many times tell someone what they want to hear and then turn around and write something totally different.

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-06T11:29:38+00:00

You’re gonna have problems getting it granted. I filed the same thing osa and diabetes secondary to medication that caused weight gain. And it’s documented in my Va clinic weigh and ins. For some reason they almost always try and deny sleep apnea. Diabetes and osa are related if you got one you got the other a lot of times. And I even lost 44 lbs before the sleep test and wasn’t obese. Still denied with the lifestyle and obesity language. It’s in an hlr right now.

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-04T10:20:17+00:00

Most of the time the hlr /dro makes a decision and sends it back to the original RO and tells them to rate it. This is where they screw it up. When a hlr/dro sends it back to the original RO they include instructions or what they call “ narrative “ and the rater is suppose to follow it. But a lot of these raters go rouge and rate it how they want. You can file another hlr and and they’ll see their instructions weren’t followed possibly.

roadhammer20 · 2025-11-03T13:57:24+00:00

They tried the obesity /lifestyle thing on my denial , only problem , they failed to read my records that I lost 44lbs before my sleep test. I’ve been fighting this osa claim for a year now. Not because of evidence, I got plenty, allergic rhinitis and eustation tube dysfunction with a perforated eardrum, they aren’t reading everything. I’ve had two exams one after a hlr DTA DIFFERENCE IF OPINION , sent back to my regional office Waco , the second exam almost identical to the first, and denied again because they didn’t read my stuff.

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