VA Nurses... Your Thoughts Please

[Thirty-OddSix]

Question for VA nurses. Do you think it would be easier to make nurse II if you were hired as nurse II lvl1 with an MSN and only a year or two of experience, or if you were hired as nurse 1 lvl3 as a new nurse with an MSN and tried to make nurse II? Any likelihood of making nurse II after only a year of working there? Job postings says nurse II is an MSN and a year or more of experience, though I get the sense there's more to it than that. I have an MSN and less than a year of experience working in a private sector hospital/system. 

Any responses would be greatly appreciated and for any who read this, thanks for all you do!