I have a numbered rating 1-5, after the user hit’s submit I would like the page to refresh with that rating disabled or even gone.  Is this possible?  I thought it would be clearer to the user on which entry they have rated, and which they have not.

If I understand correctly, you’d like a way to have the Rating form disappear once a member has sumbitted a rating?
Currently (and surprisingly!) there is no conditional for this yet, though I have it queued up for the next release