Posted on Mar 3, 2016
Advice From the Big Guy - A Military Disability Blog: Top 10 Things That Could Hurt Your Military...
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Here are the Top 10 Things you should never do if you want a good military disability rating. This goes for both VA Disability and DoD Disability.
Advice From the Big Guy - A Military Disability Blog: Top 10 Things That Could Hurt Your Military...
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Thanks SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL for providing advice from the Big Guy - a Military Disability Blog: Top 10 Things that could hurt your military disability. I concur with the Big Guy.
Before separation:
1. Do not be macho—It is vital that your conditions are accurately recorded before you separate from the military, or you will not have the evidence to support a VA Disability Claim if your conditions get worse in the future. Do not try to act big and brave. It will just hurt you in the end.
2. Do not be a baby—Do not try to play up your conditions to be worse than they are. Doctors have ways of testing this, so they may catch on to you without your knowing.
3. Do not go in uneducated—The only person fighting for your disability is yourself. You need to be educated on the military disability system and how your conditions are rated so that you can make sure everything proceeds as it should and you get the rating you deserve. 4. Do not take someone else’s word for it—The military disability system is super complicated, and the DoD and VA do not require all their employees who work with the system to understand it completely.
5. Do not delay the VA C&P exams—The C&P exams should be conducted as soon after separation as possible.
6. Do not assume that the physicians performing your exams know how your conditions are rated—I can guarantee you that the majority of the physicians performing your exams for disability compensation do not know how the VASRD rates conditions. Sad, but true.
7. Do not submit every medical record you have when submitting a claim or appeal—The disability system takes forever. Period.
8. Do not be macho—This needs a recap. They need to know just how serious your condition really is. Tell them the truth the first time and save yourself the headache of having an incorrect disability rating.
9. Do not be a lying-son-of-a-biscuit—This also needs a recap. Don’t try to cheat the system.
Do not sit around doing nothing after separation—Although some conditions are very black and white when it comes to how they should be rated, many of them are up to the judgment of the Rating Authorities.
Before separation:
1. Do not be macho—It is vital that your conditions are accurately recorded before you separate from the military, or you will not have the evidence to support a VA Disability Claim if your conditions get worse in the future. Do not try to act big and brave. It will just hurt you in the end.
2. Do not be a baby—Do not try to play up your conditions to be worse than they are. Doctors have ways of testing this, so they may catch on to you without your knowing.
3. Do not go in uneducated—The only person fighting for your disability is yourself. You need to be educated on the military disability system and how your conditions are rated so that you can make sure everything proceeds as it should and you get the rating you deserve. 4. Do not take someone else’s word for it—The military disability system is super complicated, and the DoD and VA do not require all their employees who work with the system to understand it completely.
5. Do not delay the VA C&P exams—The C&P exams should be conducted as soon after separation as possible.
6. Do not assume that the physicians performing your exams know how your conditions are rated—I can guarantee you that the majority of the physicians performing your exams for disability compensation do not know how the VASRD rates conditions. Sad, but true.
7. Do not submit every medical record you have when submitting a claim or appeal—The disability system takes forever. Period.
8. Do not be macho—This needs a recap. They need to know just how serious your condition really is. Tell them the truth the first time and save yourself the headache of having an incorrect disability rating.
9. Do not be a lying-son-of-a-biscuit—This also needs a recap. Don’t try to cheat the system.
Do not sit around doing nothing after separation—Although some conditions are very black and white when it comes to how they should be rated, many of them are up to the judgment of the Rating Authorities.
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When your mind is overwhelmed by PTSD, take a list of ailments to your examination. Actually this applies to everyone.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
MAJ Ken Landgren thanks, I actually did that and it worked to my favor. Great favorable advise. Just one my step, ensure it is service connection before attending the C&P.
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Tell it like it is. Take no prisoners. If at first you don't succeed get a hungry lawyer!
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