Wow, excellent discussion on an old thread. I am a few months from separating and trying to get smart on VA disability, FAA medicals and airline perspectives.

I am assuming that since there hasn't been a comment on this thread in over a year+, that there hasn't been any egregious FAA actions with regards to having access to VA records.

It was mentioned tangentially, but not fully flushed out. In an effort to help others who search on this topic, I wanted to add the following to the discussion:

If you don't document it prior to separating, you are almost assuredly out of luck down the road. As previously mentioned, you can gain a VA disability with 0%. The importance of that, as explained to me by the DAV folks, is later down the road you can up the percentage if the documented issue presents problems.

Plenty of folks have posted that they can get a 1C medical with a VA disability rating. The real issue is what the problem is and if it will impact your FAA medical.

Heed