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You are defending your harbor. A proposed reduction is a storm you can weather, but only if you act on the tide. Two deadlines decide this.
A reduction does not happen overnight. The VA must send a proposal first, which gives you a window to fight it.
This is the make-or-break deadline. Requesting a predetermination hearing within 30 days of the notice keeps your CURRENT payment coming until the hearing is decided.
Show your condition has not materially improved: recent treatment records, a current exam, a statement of how it affects your daily life. Describe your worst days.
If your rating has been in place 5, 10, or 20 years, the law makes it progressively harder to reduce. A 20-year rating is locked at its floor.
Every veteran feels adrift in this process at some point. A free accredited VSO is your harbor pilot: they have sailed these waters a thousand times and will chart the whole course with you, at no cost. Never pay a fee or a percentage of your back pay for claim help.
This is general education, not legal advice or a promise of any outcome. Report your symptoms and history accurately and completely, and never exaggerate. A free accredited VSO can file any of these for you at no cost.