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Thank you for this thorough and thoughtful response. He submitted data to the PCM from multiple ECGs (15ish), an echocardiogram and from 3 different heart monitors that he had during his period of diagnosis from 7/2018-4/2019. He currently has an implanted loop recorder (since 4/19) that...

If the medical team who initiates the MEB can only select one condition to have someone rated on, and the person has multiple conditions that could be unfitting, how do they prioritize which condition is unfitting. In my sons case they chose to just file the MEB for his POTS but not for his...

Thank you. I'm curious to know what he is not getting and/or what additional benefits he would be eligible for if the DOD rating was increased, particularly if the DOD rating was over 30%. The DOD rated the heart (tachycardia) only component of his POTS but did not rate his diagnosed...

After a multi year battle with the AF med team, my son received 10% DOD and 100% VA as his rating for POTS with the code 7010. I'm trying to understand what this means for his future, particularly around his health insurance. I know that this means he is medically separated w/severance vs...

Congrats on finishing this process! Were you able to find your ratings on ebenefits?

What base? What conditions? How was your timeline?

Just curious....any updates?

What will next steps Be? Your process went extremely fast. Do you have the support of someone on your base?

I'm curious about your experience with ratings for POTS and the process in general. After 7 hospitalizations and many ER visits starting in August 2018 my son finally got the diagnosis of POTS in March 2019. The base med staff did not believe and/or accept the specialists diagnosis...

Oh my. Are there any workarounds for this. Can these appointments be done virtually?

My question is also related to Migraines among other things....After a year and a half, 5 hospitalizations, 20+ visits to ER (transported from base on several occasions including during a PT test even though there was a Dr. note for exclusion), a boatload of testing, and accusations of...