I just got downgraded for a problem that has gotten substantially worse while being upgraded for another thing I wanted assessed in tandem, because they feed each other.

The whole process must not have even glanced at my medical records nor the statements in support of my claim, else they’d have been like yeah ok, that is worse.

I talked to an acquaintance who helps vets with claims in an unofficial capacity, and he said they regularity downgrade people for things they think the veteran wont notice. In my case the downgrade doesn’t actually make a financial difference (if it stayed the same), because of secondary issues being half-valued, but its so much worse i hardly drive anymore because I cant, i get trigger point injections now, and so on. Ive been unemployed for three years because I cant find anything that works with my problems, and my rating was low enough that I’ve just been living off savings from when i was employed, and never going anywhere ever (incredibly isolating…). I wouldn’t have had it reassessed if it was better, I’m not stupid. It should have gone up, as it prevents me from working any job with a physical component. But the assessment didnt’t even look at the right place, and i had a migraine hangover and wasn’t in a good position to advocate for myself.

Dehumanizing. The entire thing.