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			<title><![CDATA[ discharge code hearing loss ]]></title>
			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/topic/36758/t/discharge-code-hearing-loss.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ new to forum. I was discharged from the nationail guard in 1979 for failing hearing test. Had been in guard for a little over 2 months.pior active duty
<br>
usarmy 1972 - 1978. had 13b mos. . the frist phyiscal i had going into guard was done by a private phyiscan under contract to the guard unit i joined. His
hearing test was &quot; can you hear me ?&quot;.  I passed his tesr.For some reason the guard unit sent me to a induction center for a hearing test, Next thing
i knew i was discharged.... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ blackballed ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Am I blackballed or something, because I have (4) posts on here, several views and (0) answers
<br>
Sorry had to vent ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (batman72)</author>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Didn't know where to put this...its more than a social chat. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>A fellow military friend of mine sent this to me today and I wanted to share it with my fellow vets and families on this site.  I was moved to tears and
pride at the same time.   Its a &quot;Thank You&quot; tribute  to the &quot; REAL&quot;  hero&#39;s of America... the men and women of our Armed Forces here in
America.  I didn&#39;t feel that the social chat was the right place to put this....
<br>
Hope your are as moved by this as I was.   QuesonO3
<br>
<a target="_blank"... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:29:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ C&P Addendum final, is IU possible? ]]></title>
			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/topic/36755/t/C-amp-P-Addendum-final-is-IU-possible-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;,&amp;#39;serif&amp;#39;; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;#39;Times New Roman&amp;#39;">What&#39;s up out there? I&#39;m
hoping for IU or 100% scheduler.  Original post, 09/29/09, TEC49, post #52.  I think this is good news.  Waiting for comments.  Here&#39;s the
opinion:</span></p>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (tec49)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:52:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ DFAS 2009 Tax Statements--Schedule ]]></title>
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      <td colspan="7" class="blocks">2009 Tax Statements (W-2 and 1099) will be available on myPay as follows:
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      --Retiree 1099R - 12/14/2009</td>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (LoneStar77)</author>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Will this help my IU claim? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>I have recently seen my mental health provider for the first time ( a new VA) and I am currently 70 % for adjustment disorder. I have applied for IU, and I
have been told by my VA provider to attend the following:
<br>
<br>
Stress management Class
<br>
A/A
<br>
Anxiety Class
<br>
Anger Management
<br>
Depression Group
<br>
<br>
Will identifying these MANDATED CLASSES assist with my IU request? Should I let my DAV rep know about these classes that a VA PHD told me to attend?
<br>
<br>... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Gunner41)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:36:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ dear veterans ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>I have won my cue claim...on final decision,back to 3-14-1978.....this claim was opened foe service connected...and 21-256 Is dated, and stamped varo
1978....the claim was never adjudicated...and remained a open claim..  In 4-25-1994,I receiver a letter from varoated a nd stamped.....the letter stated we
have your air force records,and evidence of record......your heart condition,punchered ear drun,hearing loss  is continued....however we  have made a decision
you are mecical  disabiled... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Testing out the ECA program ]]></title>
			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/topic/36751/t/Testing-out-the-ECA-program.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;ve been reading and searching on this site for some time now. I can&#39;t say enough about the info found here, It&#39;s awsome. Anyways, I haven&#39;t
found any info on here about vets experiences with the ECA program. Nobody has said they have done it or if they have what results they have gotten by being in
the ECA program. If I have missed this info, please send me in that direction. Otherwise, I have decided to give it a whirl. My papers are turned in to my rep
and the VA. I&#39;ll... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (M00SE52)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:12:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Brown Letter qusetions. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I got a letter today, I am on a list for a hearing by BVA traveling section. We can&#39;t give you a time frame at this time but some time in the next 30 days.
<br>
 No further action will be taken by the board until after your hearing has been completed.
<br>
<br>
 So now, I some time well have a video conference, and I still have not had a C&amp;P,  I do have a vso, who has been with me for some time, trying to get my
disability.
<br>
<br>
So for all you that know more than I do, can you... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:54:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ IN PATIENT COMP ]]></title>
			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/topic/36748/t/IN-PATIENT-COMP.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I couldn&#39;t get an answer on another thread so I&#39;ll start my own. Can anyone tell me what the comp is for  in patient PTSD some say 100% every 21 days
or 23 days some say every month?
<br>
CHAL
<br>
USMC GRUNT
<br>
NAM 65&amp;66
<br>
SORRY BOUT THAT ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (chal)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:31:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Is it hard to get rated high for depression secondary to other injury? ]]></title>
			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/topic/36747/t/--hard---rated-high--depression-secondary---injury-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Im almost finished getting paperwork together for a depression, secondary claim. On the initial go round, if awarded compensation, is it hard to get rated high
if you have the proper documentation? The reason i ask is i know mental disorders start at 10 percent and go all the way up in increments.
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (seminole)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:06:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Received the BAD White Envelope - Help Cruiser! ]]></title>
			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/topic/36746/t/Received-the-BAD-White-Envelope-Help-Cruiser-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Today I received what I had hoped to be &quot;Good News&quot;. <u>But Noooooo! I was denied!!
<br></u> Sleep Apnea, bi-lateral knee increase and Hypertension now 0 percent service connection (only plus). I had to retire under disability from the USPS
with 33 years because of my service connected disablities. I submitted a claim for Obstructed Sleep Apnea and Hypertension secondary to my knees and having had
Sarcoidosis in my lungs, and 18 months of prednisone treatments in the early 80&#39;s.... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:04:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A *New* Christmas Poem ]]></title>
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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Stillhere)</author>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Form 21-4192 question ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I have an employer who won&#39;t respond to to the RO with a 21-4192 are repeated contacts. Spoke with someone in the RO and they said it up to me. I have not
had any luck either, been waiting 10 months now for settlement of IU  &amp; SSI development.  Any suggestion on what to do next????? Or just wait another six
months for development, or whatever that is ????<img title="eyes" src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/eyes.gif" alt="image"> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (173rd)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ S-DVI INSURANCE ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>If anyone knows the answer to the following I would appreciate your help. I am 100% IU PT as of 2000. I recently went in for ratings on other disabilities
and was raised from 60% to 80%. I never realized that when I was raised to 100% in 2000 that I could have received insurance with the first $10,000 free
premiums. I thought I had to apply for insurance within 2 years from the date of discharge.  Can I now apply for insurance since I got a new rating and also
will the first $10,000... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:07:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ C&P reexam ]]></title>
			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/topic/36742/t/C-amp-P-reexam.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I have been rated 100% for PTSD 3 years ago and was called in a few weeks ago for a re-exam C&amp;P, my condition has not improved and have been takeing
medication for many years now.
<br>
My questions are is it common to be called for another exam, is three years the normal time frame to expect, are they trying to reduce me from 100%, anyone out
there have this happen to them, how long does it take to hear back from the VA?
<br>
<br>
Thanks ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (army1949)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:33:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ C&P reexam ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p> </p> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Uss Oklahoma City clg-5 ]]></title>
			<link>http://vets.yuku.com/topic/36740/t/Uss-Oklahoma-City-clg-5.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I served on the Okie 72-74 I was on the special detail when the ship made it&#39;s gun support and missions.  Read an old post on ao foot on the ground
don&#39;t worry I am not going down that road. The Okkie was any where from danag to haiphong harbor. I was a snipe we didn&#39;t go top side much <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif">   Service
connection 40 ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:10:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Assigned to Task Force ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello Gentlemen
<br>
Called the 800# today to find out how to submit a question to IRIS. They told me that they tried to contact me twice on the 4th and that my claim was being
assigned to a Task Force. Now my issue with the IU part of my claim was that one of the previous employers wouldn&#39;t sent back the form and I asked them if
they could proceed without that one employers form being returned. My question is, is it normal for a claim to go to a Task Force without having the C&amp;P... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:03:18 GMT</pubDate>
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