Done wit this

Complete Granted IU Thank you for being here. After 20+ years and seven surgeries and needing another on the left side with all the suffering and clawing its Over.I am going to concentrate on being Happy..Thanks all for being in My corner..Berta special Thanks to You ! M A C O O L

another month gone by....and the Buffalo VARO has not done a thing. with a decision thats already made.all they have to do is finish it..Problem is the don't give a crap.

A decision.nothing about an award, that comes with the notice of a decision.if still like its been in the past The BVA has made the decision they the BVA sent Notifacation back to My local VARO--buffalo NY..and they are draggin there feet. the local VARO works out the award....I Think....and then sends everything to me and my Rep...but you would think sence everything there in front of them and the only thing left to do is finish it they would.....get it done...Instead they.... sit it in a corner...and I have anxiety attacks...until I find out what has been decided. been a month....

Ok a month ago a Decision was made..nothing Yet. How Long, before The VA does their job and gets my decision to Me?

Anyone have any Idea;s on the time it takes for the BVA and the local VARO Buffalo NY,to cummunicate and get veterans Decision to there door... ? Decision & Claims File Dispatch . they are sayin lag time...with the VA ? wow that leaves a door wide open...............

Hi Peeps, I have good News from My E-benefits page . My decision is on the way,date given is 07/24/2012.Maybe now I can be done with this war that has made me so bitter,stressed me out,Made me question the hole Veterans Claims process, If I am Done and Get a fair and Just award. I will be doing a vacation , it will be the first time in over 8 years. Again I thank everyone here for the help.regardless the outcome ,Hadit. has been and is a big help. Everyone one here should sleep good at night Knowing they lead veterans through a mess and make a hell of a difference - For the Vet...

Good Info,here I believe the person helping me throught the SS process here is doing just this thanks Serg Emmons, hopefully this will be easier and I will get my Earned Benifits.

Berta, Yes Ive applied again for SSDI. this is like the forth time ..in 10 years .. They just say no, its a crappy system that isn't going to say yes easy, even if I have contributed my whole working life I have not filed for a few years ... I think 2-3 surgeries ago.. I forget a this point.. I have had so many I get the numbers mixed up myself.. Maybe things will go my way and I will get the IU so I can get the SSDI ..and not have to pay My union hall 25 a month...out of what I do have.. Its a mess and I am worn out from all of this... wishing Everyone a good safe 4th of july.... God Bless ! Macool

word from Iris yesterday , Claims take an average of 379 days ,BVA....My appeal was certified middle -june 2011 for IU. They have had my CnP results from last exam since May. it takes longer if somethings not availible that they need, they have everything needed to make the decision and end this mess.... I am still hoping for all this to be over soon,its forth of july week I know it sounds selfish.. but I am waiting"why?- if everythings there lined up in front of them. ?? Macool.

Hoping and Praying this moves and goes through so I can Move on...

I'm Not a marine and This has hit me dead in the Face,in high school I had one really close freind .he entered the Marines and was stationed there-camp lajeune- in 84-85. He ended up with stomach cancer and Lukemia,he fought hard and long but it was cronic ..He passed on they last day of the year in 2010, He -Angelo Marinelli was like my Brother.and this subject right here is what I am told took him.his family is devistated , they will never be the same..I either...They are like My own..Justice needs to be served here... ------------Macool-----------

I am going through this now. its taken alott longer in the past then it has since I switched My Claims over the the DAV - disabiled american veterans. This Orginization in which I am a Life member seems to be the way to Go. they get things done for me.I could not be happier , I handled my own stuff for years and got nowhere fast. Now the stress is gone and I have been treated fairly-the way it should be. I don't know if everyplace is the same, but a veteran should consider the DAV as the persons on their side in the claims process. I am not gaurantee ing- this ,for all vets but it has been a really good move for me.

Well,I am Happy to Report the CnP for My shoulders was Fair, It states at the end---Due to my inability to participate in testing of motions based on the examination the Patient has severe impairments of function of the Bilateral upper extremities,he is quite disabled and that I am Unable to Maintain Substantially gainfull employment . looks as though the VA has finally done the right thing. Maybe now I can stop the stressing of how the heck I am going to make things work for My Family and I. You have no Idea the the weight this will take off my already destroyed shoulders. and the feeling of self healing this will do for Me. I hope that the VA and the People deciding these claims makes it a faster better Process for the Veterans in the Future. This should have come to be--- 5-6 years ago... I am a survivor of the Process and its been a hell on earth experience. Glad its at the very end.... now I wait on the VARO to get things done. Thanks again Everyone for leading Me and helping Me Through the Process.I always found help and support here and lord knows a veteran needs it . ---------------- Macool---------------

Done with the CnP exam yesterday , I am bruised from the exam....around the areas that my tendons were moved around on the right shoulder,I told them I don't move it around much, of coarse they needed to have me try it anyhow.Maybe now I will get the rating I need for the Regional Office to make a favorable decision on the I.U.....The women examiner that I seen was short with me and nasty,right up until I saw,the stack of folders that were there ,all for my claim and I told her "I was sorry",I had no Idea I had such a gathering of Info ,I am talking 14" High of papers...Wow...It would be alot easier if they would put all that on a flash drive ,searchable by subject? the VA is 20 years behind the Times...any ways it's Over and I am Thankfull of that..I hate knowing I have to go through that process.we will see what she says on the CnP report. Macool

The VA is checking me out again today,Just finished with Physical therapy today at 10:30am. The physical therapy is not working the Doctor says it is not getting any better, no gains at all made from this torture. I would love just to be able to put muscle back on it,so I don't look so lopp sided.. Now I am sore and the VA is going to examin me today? It ought to be about as bad as it gets. I am not letting them do much. I will be in the Emegency Room if they do. You would think that after my right shoulder history and the amount of surgeries taken to that side-4- they would just leave it alone. Since my last exam 3 years ago My left has popped out 3-4 times in 2 years they get the Doctors notes sent to them,after two surgeries on that side and me needing another.. .Why must I Go through this again, I will be sore for two weeks after today... Lucky Me.. and the Wife isn't home to Help with My shoulder Brace, Can't get it on... : (<... I am having ankziety and This Sucks.. Can't I say Screw You... Macool