Originally Posted by
Billy Baroo
It took the VA almost a year after I retired to determine my overall rating. Ever since that time, as I was a recipient of disability benefits I have checked "Yes" on the FAA form, but have not provided an explanation beyond stating "VA disability" in the remark section. My AME never even brought the issue up. I have not had surgery or medication, only physical therapy and chiropractic manipulation so I do not believe my issues would be any type of certification obstacle and I agree that it seems as if the FAA is looking for low hanging fruit and outright falsifications rather than simple omissions of minor details.
"Technically" even physical therapy or chiropractor probably qualifies as "Visits to Health Professionals" and should be reported. Apparently even dental exams count although most folks probably don't report routine exams.
Again, if it doesn't impact your flying and isn't remotely a disqualifying condition, I doubt they're coming looking for you.
But if it was me, I'd just report it all, to get it in your record. Otherwise there's always that remote risk that if they DO go looking for something (perhaps for unrelated reasons), they might find a molehill to build on. Again, prosecution is a high bar (even if the FAA wanted to the DOJ won't touch trivial crap like that), but the FAA can take certificate action with little due process.