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• The Decision Letter Field Manual · 15 pages

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  Contents (8 sections)

  Contents of The Decision Letter Field Manual

  1. How to use this manualpage 1 of 15
  2. The anatomy of a rating decisionpage 1 of 15
  3. The one date that controls everythingpage 4 of 15
  4. The seven errors that show up mostpage 6 of 15
  5. What the letter is not telling youpage 9 of 15
  6. The one-page checklistpage 11 of 15
  7. When to get a person involvedpage 12 of 15
  8. Sourcespage 13 of 15

• The Review Options Playbook · 21 pages

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  Contents (11 sections)

  Contents of The Review Options Playbook

  1. How to use this playbookpage 1 of 21
  2. The three lanes on one pagepage 1 of 21
  3. The rule that beats all others: keep your effective datepage 3 of 21
  4. Choose by the kind of mistakepage 5 of 21
  5. Higher-Level Review, step by steppage 8 of 21
  6. Supplemental Claim, step by steppage 10 of 21
  7. Board appeal, step by steppage 12 of 21
  8. Mistakes that cost Veterans the mostpage 15 of 21
  9. Deadline worksheetpage 16 of 21
  10. When to get a person involvedpage 17 of 21
  11. Sourcespage 19 of 21

• C&P Exam Prep · 31 pages

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  Contents (20 sections)

  Contents of C&P Exam Prep

  1. How to use this guidepage 1 of 31
  2. What a C&P exam is and isn'tpage 2 of 31
  3. How a DBQ turns your words into a ratingpage 3 of 31
  4. Before the exam: a one-week prep planpage 4 of 31
  5. At the exam: describing a bad day honestlypage 6 of 31
  6. After the exam: the week afterpage 7 of 31
  7. Reading the condition chapterspage 9 of 31
  8. PTSD and mental health examspage 9 of 31
  9. Tinnitus and hearing loss examspage 12 of 31
  10. Sleep apnea examspage 14 of 31
  11. Migraine and headache examspage 15 of 31
  12. Joint and back exams: range of motion, flare-ups and functional losspage 17 of 31
  13. Hypertension examspage 19 of 31
  14. Checklistpage 21 of 31
  15. Worksheet 1: Two-week symptom and flare-up logpage 23 of 31
  16. Worksheet 2: Worst, typical and best daypage 25 of 31
  17. Worksheet 3: Exam-day cardpage 26 of 31
  18. Worksheet 4: After-the-exam notes and the exam reportpage 27 of 31
  19. When to get a person involvedpage 28 of 31
  20. Sourcespage 28 of 31

• Talking to Your Doctor About a Nexus Opinion · 18 pages

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  Contents (13 sections)

  Contents of Talking to Your Doctor About a Nexus Opinion

  1. How to use this guidepage 1 of 18
  2. What "nexus" means and where it fitspage 1 of 18
  3. Four ways a condition connects to servicepage 2 of 18
  4. The standard: "at least as likely as not" and the benefit of the doubtpage 4 of 18
  5. What makes an opinion carry weightpage 5 of 18
  6. VA's examiner versus your own doctorpage 6 of 18
  7. How to ask your own doctorpage 8 of 18
  8. Questions a doctor may want answeredpage 10 of 18
  9. Red flags: what to walk away frompage 11 of 18
  10. What happens afterpage 12 of 18
  11. Checklistpage 13 of 18
  12. When to get a person involvedpage 14 of 18
  13. Sourcespage 15 of 18

What's included

• The Decision Letter Field Manual
• The Review Options Playbook
• C&P Exam Prep
• Talking to Your Doctor About a Nexus Opinion
• Four PDFs, yours to keep

Each guide on its own: The Decision Letter Field Manual, The Review Options Playbook, C&P Exam Prep, Talking to Your Doctor About a Nexus Opinion.