Doctors can’t issue meds without diagnosis. If you get meds for anything it says what the meds are for

I think also, it comes down to a really good C&P examiner.

Evidence is great if the VA can comprehend the evidence and make a proper decision

I walked into my local VA complaining about my back from a grenade blast in 2016. Emergency room visit. The examiner said he's also a c&p examiner. He does the bend over test for which I didn't bend much. I told him I live in pain and don't have to move to hurt. He says "I'll give you 40% for that. Prescribed me Tylenol and muscle relaxers and told me to make an appointment with my primary care.

Love the info. Love the two man back n forth question and answer format.

Thanks!

I stopped taking a med for depression and another one for anxiety and tremors because they were messing to my teeth from dry mouth, so I chose my teeth over treating my depression. I now utilize the whole health program through the VA and have the option for other therapy programs at a local campus. I was rated P&T in December 2020, but dropped meds in January 2022. I am still seeing the therapist who dished out the pills even though she no longer prescribes me any meds.

Just filed for Depression, Hypertension and Sleep APNEA as a secondary Now the waiting game starts.

This answered a question I had in regard to claiming sleep apnea secondary to rhinitis. I have both and was unsure if I needed a rating for rhinitis prior to filling. Thanks

That’s the key evidence and that’s what you preach you and you alone do the work and take it to a VSO if you need more help in filing your evidence after 30 years out of the Air Force and going to the VA for 15 years I just got a 80% and waiting for my TDIU decision thanks to the information I’ve learned here

At ease, Clay! You're poking the 40+ year old bears.

I agree, 😢

File. I filed in 2022 for getting my ears blasted in 1978. They approved it, and I was in the NG. Never too late guys.

Question for viewers. Lets say you got a diagnosis for something that is service connected. And it causes a lot of pain. And you got depressed from this diagnosis and pain. And so you stopped being able to eat and sleep normally so eventually started having severe GI issues which caused you to have to go to the emergency room. The ER doctor writes something to the effect of "Patient has lost 40 to 50 pounds and appears to be having GI issues due to anxiety and depression over recent diagnosis. It is likely these GI issues and weight loss are due to anxiety from this new diagnosis." Does an ad hoc note like this in your private record count as a NEXUS between the service connected diagnosis and anxiety/depression? Note: Two physicians wrote a similar note in my private records. One an ER physician and the other a primary care physician. But my psychiatrist did not write this. And I do not want to ask her for this because I do not want the claim to interfere with my treatment because its important to my life. Can I submit the statements from the two physicians as a "nexus letter" between my anxiety and my service connected disability?

What if you have the conditions listed in your va file? VA docs can’t do nexus letters right?

If my service connected condition is static, but it hasn't been 5 years since the award, can I file a claim for another diagnosed condition secondary to it?

Filed two secondary conditions, fully developed(IMO, Nexus Rational/Nexus). Received a C &P for one condition and not other. It has been about a month since c&p fir the one condition. Still haven't heard anything as far as a c&p for other secondary item. Will I necessarily have c&p for every secondary condition?

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Migrane secondary to tinnitus denied . I had the log , diagnosis , use to take sumatriptan. Get Botox injections , propanodol, divaproex but still got denied w tinnitus doesn’t cause migraines according to the examiner . Submiired an imo with case study’s and board cases . Let’s she how it goes at the c&p exam

Is unfotap holding a joint or a rolled cigarette?

If I am rated 80%, with TDIU, and P&T is it worth me putting in claims for secondaries that are not included in my 80%? I have so much anxiety about losing my unemployability because I am not at 100%, and would almost feel safer having the pure 100% rating. Ex: I was diagnosed with Vertigo midway through my time in service, I claimed it during my medical eval when I separated, but did not get a rating from the VA. I never knew that I should have until I saw one of your videos. I also have headaches from a SF baton training I was forced to take 2 weeks before my separation date. But, I didn't get rated for headaches either even though I discussed it during my medical eval as well.

Hey man, can you get radiculopathy and neouropatjy? I am rated for radiculopathy but I am not rated for neouropathy. Is that pyramiding?

VA candy

Nope

Why get the meds if you don't take them? They may check your blood to see if you're even taking the meds!

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You don't need a nexus

How to commit fraud in real time. Dont waste money receiving meds you’re not gonna use, there are veterans out there that actually need them.