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Re: BBE and these clowns - new intiatitive on 2yr+ claims (reply) kaisersoze, They have told you why the increase is only to the date indicated. It is based upon your medical records. They are saying that no evidence for an increase existed prior to the date stated based upon info in your VA medical... |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/24/13 21:26:21 |
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Re: Pending Decision Approval and a LONG LONG weekend! (reply) Hey, at least you can see light at the end of the tunnel! It will be over soon. |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/24/13 21:03:55 |
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Re: Foggy PTSD Memory Not Acknowledged (reply) All you can do is what you have already done. The VA will proceed with their course of action until they are satisfied with any add'l data you submit. Can your VSO contact the VA on your behalf and do you have documentation on your... |
PTSD Specific Discussions/Claims/Issues | 05/24/13 16:03:19 |
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Re: Is it just me or do we all get the glove finger? (reply) Here's one that will bring tears to your eyes just imagining it. I went for a life insurance exam and the doctor who was doing the exam was retired, about eigthy years old, 6'5" tall and had severe arthritis of his fingers. The fingers... |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/24/13 00:24:07 |
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Re: ? about hearing aid replacement (reply) I received a new hearing aid and was able to keep the old one. FYI |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/24/13 00:13:09 |
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Re: What is the use. (reply) Concerning your SS application. Did you look at Patrick's information concerning a self report? I found it to work like a charm. Take a look (beginning of SS section) and think about it. Hope it helps!John |
PTSD Specific Discussions/Claims/Issues | 05/23/13 20:54:04 |
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Re: Estonians to Study Effects of Dioxin in Vietnam (reply) I have kind of mixed feelings on VN. Yes, they were brutal soldiers who did not abide by the Geneva Convention or by normal rules of war. However, that was a while ago and we are now a generation or two beyond and the folks now in... |
Social Chat | 05/23/13 20:48:09 |
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Re: ROM of spine (reply) Don't take pain meds on the day of the C&P (so, they check you without the benefit of narcotics). Further, stop bending when you feel pain. Don't gut it out. Pretty simple really. Lastly, if you are going to ask for the 60%... |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/22/13 14:16:59 |
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Re: PTSD reevaluation (reply) Was the SA after the incident that caused the PTSD? If so, you can claim the SA as secondary to PTSD. I would do some research on SA being secondary to PTSD, show the research to your therapist and ask that he/she write an opinion that... |
PTSD Specific Discussions/Claims/Issues | 05/21/13 14:02:55 |
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Re: A buddy of mine? (reply) Advise him to get in to talk to a mental professional who specializes in treating trauma survivors. |
PTSD Specific Discussions/Claims/Issues | 05/20/13 14:37:07 |
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Re: Psych at VA and Psych at work agree my condition affects all aspects of work, social and family. (reply) PTSD has a way of overcoming all we try to do to mask it. It sounds like you have a great support network going which really helps. Do what ever you have to do to deal with the PTSD. Anything you do to make yourself better or further... |
PTSD Specific Discussions/Claims/Issues | 05/19/13 12:57:08 |
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Re: Removing Dependent (reply) Were you ever paid for her? Check your current pay (if you are not sure) against the payment chart for dependents of "VA.GOV". If you are sure she was included in your pay, then disregard my info. |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/19/13 12:45:37 |
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Re: duty at shipyards (reply) There are no"anti-Blue Water" folks here that I am aware of but folks do get tired of hearing the same BW discussion any time AO is mentioned in a thread. We have all read the discussions on BW and AO over and over and I don't think any... |
Agent Orange, Heart Disease, Prostate and Parkinson's | 05/18/13 00:40:06 |
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Re: PTSD for non-combat vet (reply) Certainly, I would send in the Commendation Citation (no need to copy the entire Citation here) and a narrative on the stressor that caused the PTSD in and appeal if it is turned down. Further, have your therapist do a DBQ and send that... |
PTSD Specific Discussions/Claims/Issues | 05/17/13 20:37:55 |
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Re: Lost my GUN card! (reply) If someone is intent on killing themselves, there are plenty of painless ways that do not involve a gun. One of which we drive. Maybe, because of all the brew-ha-ha over guns lately, the state you live in has required hospitals to... |
PTSD Specific Discussions/Claims/Issues | 05/17/13 20:30:17 |
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Re: Constant Constipation due to meds (reply) I am prescribed Polyethylene Glycol 3350, which I take every morning and without it I am out of luck as far as passing what I am eating (TMI). I am right there with you Chinookdriver as far as the back issues and pain killers. I was... |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/17/13 20:17:10 |
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Constant Constipation due to meds (topic) I am just curious, and could not find the answer in the VA regs, if a vet is constantly constipated due to meds taken for a SC condition and must take meds every single day, is the condition compensatable? FYI, I am 100% and will... |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/17/13 18:45:43 |
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Re: 100% IU/P&T Approved!! (reply) Great news! |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/17/13 18:19:16 |
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Re: OK legal Gurus'.....Can the VA be "sued" for making blantantly false claims by a "C&P" examiner?? (reply) This proposed lawsuit will really get down to opinions. You will say the doc did not measure the scars. He will say he has done so many of these C&Ps that he can estimate accurately. You will say he did not review the C-file, the... |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/17/13 15:31:03 |
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Re: Subjective Radiculopathy (reply) Radiculopathy exists when a nerve root is impinged and causes pain. Normally, an MRI will show the mechanics of the back problem and, based upon your complaints, a doctor will either order a nerve conduction study (which may or may not... |
VA Disability Claims (General) | 05/17/13 15:20:24 |
