Ok first off percentages total 60* dod they will be marks by a *, VA 90%, contentions will be marked by a #
category 1, Unfitting and compensable and rateable
1. Total hip replacement code 5054 50% *
2. Left hip Osteo arthritis (FAI) 5003-5251 10% *
category 2 conditions
lumbago 20%
left peripheral nerve 20%
right peripheral nerve 20%
R shoulder strain 10%
L should strain 10%
Cervicalgia 10% ######
tinnitus 10%
L sciatica 10%
R sciatica 10%
zero's
right knee arthritis 0
bi lat hallux valgus/spurs 0
vericose vein removal 0
(now here is the funny thing they lumped the compartment syndrom/fasciotomy in with the veins/ the vein removal was in 2004 and on the interior of my leg, the fasciotomy was in 2012 and the anterior of my thigh)
sleep apnea 0% ( I have a sleep apnea index of 10, although the doctor did not write down hypersomonlence as a result of the apnea, he said the somolence was idopathic.)
hypertension 0%- even though I am on medication, my numbers are not high enough to warrant a rating, I thought this was a sure 10% because of the meds, but the findings state differently
status post hernia repair 0%
all scars 0%
toe nails 0%
pilionidal cyst removal 0%
headaches 0%
here is the conditions they say were not service connectable
ankle conditions (even though there was a bone scan showing uptake in both ankles done while I was stationed at lackland 6 years after my entrance)
Compartment syndrome right thigh- No evidence the problem ever existed (big miss on their part, Im guessing they lost/never had the surgical records showing the 2.8 litre blood clot removed from my thigh and the scar from hip to knee and even the C/P doctors notation that I had sever muscle damage as a result from it with internal scarring)
GERD- there was not enough evidence to support this, I never counted it
Voiding dysfunction-even though I have documented voiding problems, there is no absolute diagnosis, except for the C/P exam stating the problem and its result due to my elevated glucose levels, I counted this, but we shall see.
All in all, I am happy with the bulk of it, I think they clearly missed some items that i will have to fight for, the bad part is the neck should be 20% due to reverse lordosis as a result of spasm, the thigh should be 30/40% due to the muscle damage, the knee should be 10% because there is radiographic evidence of arthritis, but they said no evidence of painful motion, however that record was over a year ago now, so things do change. However I will have to go to a formal to have the neck/back/thigh etc. all listed as cat 1, then file my VARR.
Now for a question, say they deny my formal, how do I put in the records to appeal/NOD the totally missed thigh fasciotomy and resulting muscle damage?
category 1, Unfitting and compensable and rateable
1. Total hip replacement code 5054 50% *
2. Left hip Osteo arthritis (FAI) 5003-5251 10% *
category 2 conditions
lumbago 20%
left peripheral nerve 20%
right peripheral nerve 20%
R shoulder strain 10%
L should strain 10%
Cervicalgia 10% ######
tinnitus 10%
L sciatica 10%
R sciatica 10%
zero's
right knee arthritis 0
bi lat hallux valgus/spurs 0
vericose vein removal 0
(now here is the funny thing they lumped the compartment syndrom/fasciotomy in with the veins/ the vein removal was in 2004 and on the interior of my leg, the fasciotomy was in 2012 and the anterior of my thigh)
sleep apnea 0% ( I have a sleep apnea index of 10, although the doctor did not write down hypersomonlence as a result of the apnea, he said the somolence was idopathic.)
hypertension 0%- even though I am on medication, my numbers are not high enough to warrant a rating, I thought this was a sure 10% because of the meds, but the findings state differently
status post hernia repair 0%
all scars 0%
toe nails 0%
pilionidal cyst removal 0%
headaches 0%
here is the conditions they say were not service connectable
ankle conditions (even though there was a bone scan showing uptake in both ankles done while I was stationed at lackland 6 years after my entrance)
Compartment syndrome right thigh- No evidence the problem ever existed (big miss on their part, Im guessing they lost/never had the surgical records showing the 2.8 litre blood clot removed from my thigh and the scar from hip to knee and even the C/P doctors notation that I had sever muscle damage as a result from it with internal scarring)
GERD- there was not enough evidence to support this, I never counted it
Voiding dysfunction-even though I have documented voiding problems, there is no absolute diagnosis, except for the C/P exam stating the problem and its result due to my elevated glucose levels, I counted this, but we shall see.
All in all, I am happy with the bulk of it, I think they clearly missed some items that i will have to fight for, the bad part is the neck should be 20% due to reverse lordosis as a result of spasm, the thigh should be 30/40% due to the muscle damage, the knee should be 10% because there is radiographic evidence of arthritis, but they said no evidence of painful motion, however that record was over a year ago now, so things do change. However I will have to go to a formal to have the neck/back/thigh etc. all listed as cat 1, then file my VARR.
Now for a question, say they deny my formal, how do I put in the records to appeal/NOD the totally missed thigh fasciotomy and resulting muscle damage?