I am not going on TDRL. I am getting PDRL. So my question is on the mental conditions have others been told they have to an eval every 6 months and if so did there rating go down.
Sorry about not reading your thread correctly. I assumed your DoD IDES rating included your psych issue. I now understand only the VA rated you for this.
It is still to your advantage to get into the VA and get into their system - even if PDRL - just like I'm doing.
As a 100% P&T'er - (like me) - according to what I have read off the va.gov website - you are not "scheduled" for further appointments. However, that does NOT mean your ratings are "fixed in stone" forever and ever.
There are certain limited restrictions on what the VA can do to lower your ratings in the immediate future as you are 100% P&T. But as I understand the VA rules, you have to hold a rating for an issue for 20 years in order to be immune from re-examinations for that issue (unless they can prove you frauded them to get that rating), and hold that rating for 20 years in order to that % to be "fixed in stone".
It is still a good idea to establish care/treatment and establish an evidenciary data base over time with the VA as they still have the right to schedule you for a re-exam, even though none are regularly scheduled for you at this time.
There is a thread somewhere about this issue of 100%, time held, exams, etc., on this website. Use the search box as many of these questions have been answered.
Or, go to va.gov.
Bascally, my VA award letter stated that no future exams have/will be scheduled. Doesn't mean my name won't ever come up - so I'm laying your groundwork down now with the VA so this doesn't bite me later.
Because Federal budgets are so tight these days, I'm not taking any chances as I do not know how and where and when the axe will swing. And from what I've seen these past decades, it always seem to swing on reducing benefits - so I'm laying my groundwork now in order to avoid any possible cuts from the Federal budget "axe".
V/r,
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