CoastieRon
NES Member
All,
So I am finally getting around to doing something I should have done three years ago, file paperwork with the VA for a disability rating. I have neck (compressed C-5) and back (compressed L-4) issues that are definitely service related from driving boats in weather I shouldn't have, consistently, for more of my career than not, as well as Tinnitus from the constant engine noise.
While these pale in comparison to disabilities that or fellow service members are coming home with, they still suck.
Has anyone used the VA DBQs and seen a primary care provider to get them completed rather than going to the VA? If you have, how was the process? Did the ratings actually take less time?
Disability Benefits Questionnaires - Compensation
So I am finally getting around to doing something I should have done three years ago, file paperwork with the VA for a disability rating. I have neck (compressed C-5) and back (compressed L-4) issues that are definitely service related from driving boats in weather I shouldn't have, consistently, for more of my career than not, as well as Tinnitus from the constant engine noise.
While these pale in comparison to disabilities that or fellow service members are coming home with, they still suck.
Has anyone used the VA DBQs and seen a primary care provider to get them completed rather than going to the VA? If you have, how was the process? Did the ratings actually take less time?
Disability Benefits Questionnaires - Compensation