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Swarthy

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  • Service Connected Disability
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    Navy

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  1. The parasite pop-over could go in the unused space in the header which you aren't really using anyway as it's under the pop- over. (Even when reduced to a parasitic arrow box)
  2. Yes, Mod the ads are behaving. The parasitic pop-over side bar is really aggressive. It's to your other pages, so it would better serve the user experience if it was a static banner that didn't block content. The prior iteration reminds me of a conservative " news" website with all the ads for belly fat pills, miracle mortgages, and background checks. thanks for helping me out- I hadn't visited in a while and I was second guessing whether the intention was to help vets receive compensation or to separate vets from their compensation.
  3. Thanks, Mod. I just can't do it. But thanks. Broncovet, I am very much NOT a "shopper". While I'm glad you enjoy the ads, I don't. At the very least you ought to reserve your judgement of someone else's difficulty with what you enjoy. For instance I drive Jeep and Buick drivers bc are some of the worst in any condition except for long stretches of highway. So take your thousands of likes and stuff em in the grey plaid fedora that is likely on your passenger side seat ?
  4. Yeah, they are everywhere. Popping up and over, some of the pictures are had it posts and the rest are ads. I have to read the fine print, turn my phone sideways all kind of stuff how do I get rid of them or is this just the way it is?
  5. You are at 100% and you retain service connection for the PTSD, What did you lose and what will you gain with an appeal?
  6. You are diagnosed with Anxiety? Depression? PTSD? All 3? The RO looked for evidence of a mental health diagnosis in service and found none. Also what was the claim you withdrew? And wow they're nice, I've never had an RO 'regret to inform me'?
  7. secforce, All claims filed are considered as seeking the maximum rating for that condition by the VA anywhere from 10% for tinnitus to 100% for PTSD) So your C&P is to see if you are rateable for a higher rate for your PTSD. If you included any mention of unemployment as due to your Agiraphobia- a Totalyl Disabled/Individual Unempoyability will be considered TDIU pays at the 100% rate but is 'temporary' as in once you are able to work again they stop paying that rate and you are brought down to your actual rate (in your case 70%) Good luck
  8. Not sure if it was answered (the pop up and pop over ads on this site are incredible!) The questionnaires sounds like it was the 'Beck Depression Inventory' The GAF and the words 'Moderate to 'Severe' wont be factored into your rating (these words don't appear in the CFR) The C&P exam has 3 important parts for rating a disability The Nexus "at least as likely' or better points to service connection The functional impact statement: deficient in 'some', most', or 'all' areas And the symptoms checked Such as depression, sleep impairment, confusion, memory, etc. (oddly enough I too have RLS and my last C&P examiner didn't checkmark it- do don't worry if it doesn't show up on yours)
  9. It looks like I wasn't clear, I'm not asking if there was a CUE, or to have my claim readjudicated here, filing for TDIU, or reopening the claim. I am looking for your guess as to the outcome of this DRO hearing based on the facts I am sc for PTSD, shoulder and sleep. The DRO as I said is only considering whether or not to recharactetize my statement listing my psych meds as a reopening of the denied psych condition, and I was wondering your thoughts about anybody's experience in hearings with DROs In the May 15, 2009 NOD I did not list PTSD (why? The RO liaison told me that since I was currently inpatient for Psych issues, my Psych claim would be decided upon discharge. That was wrong and hence the judge saying I did not appeal the PTSD denial) I only listed the physical injuries received in the assault on the NOD But I have had psych diagnoses since active duty, so the C&P examiner in June 2008 not diagnosing me with a MH issue should not have erased 12 years of MH treatment in various VAs) In January 2010 I submitted a statement listing my psych diagnoses on active duty and the medication and the current psych diagnoses and current medication My VSO asked that one if those submissions be consider an attempt to reopen or an attempt to continue prosecuting the sept 2008 denial descision Yes those bva descisikns you listed are mine. The remand triggered an initial PTSD c&p in 2014 (my first despite having claimed PTSD since 2008) The C&P led to a 70% grant with an effective date to an online claim I made in December 2011 in frustration and not trusting the RO laison anymore. I hope this info helps. Sorry for being confusing.
  10. Im guessing the latter. A grant to January 2010. My hope is that it would go back to 2003 when I filed after a VA diagnosis of 'Anxiety R/T military experience' <br /><br /> But that was not put on the table by the DRO. ...he'll leave that to a VLJ..<br /><br /> The way I see it is that the letter of the law allows for a "Yay" and a "No Way".<br /><br /> The spirit of the law nudges it to a "Yay", and with a January 2010 effective date, there won't be a need to CUE the previous RO descision in 2008 and their inflexibility of my Substantive appeal "you had until March 6th...We received it on April 4th."
  11. I need help untangling my next step: In 2014: 1. The September 2008 rating decision which denied the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for PTSD is final. 38 U.S.C.A. § 7105© (West 2002). 2. Evidence received since the September 2008 rating decision in connection with Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is new and material and the claim is reopened. 38 U.S.C.A. § 5108 (West 2002); 38 C.F.R. § 3.156 (2013). Status of Your Claim Complete Submitted: 11/27/2007 (Compensation) Claim Closed: 09/26/2008 Disabilities Claimed: sleep apnea (New), right shoulder weakness (New), PTSD (New) Representative for VA Claims: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS Current Status: Complete In 2014 the claim for PTSD was granted and rated by the BVA. An effeective date was made for 2011 (The date we received your claim) My question is that since the 2007 descision was made final and the case reopened simulataneously- would that make my effective date to the 2008 descision, not 2011? My RO screwed the pooch, re-writing my contentions and I ended up with a "new claim" (see below) Submitted: 12/27/2011 (Compensation) Claim Closed: 04/19/2012 Disabilities Claimed: acquired psychiatric condition(New), ethanol abuse (Secondary) Representative for VA Claims: DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS Current Status: Complete In effect, I have had two claims running for mental health one for PTSD (filed in 2007) and one for "Acquired Psych" (re-written and filed by RO)
  12. I disagree that it will make things harder. Whereas previously you could write "F!@#k You" on a bar napkin and slip under the RO's door and they would have to accept that as a NOD (providing you put your name, social and medical condition on the napkin). Now, you can't do that. But now you don't have to specifically claim each condition for it to be accepted. The standard forms/Ebenifits provision will speed up the process. I know, I've tried to decipher something I wrote on a bar napkin and stuffed it in my pocket. Current standard forms such as VA Forms 21-526EZ, 21- 527EZ, and 21-534EZ (hereinafter ``EZ forms'') contain the statutorily required notice to claimants of the information and evidence necessary to substantiate a claim at the onset of filing a claim. See 38 U.S.C. 5103. (No more VCAA forms to wait for, not lose, sign and return. The VCAA is right on the claim form you hand in) This means claimants do not have to wait for VA to send notices to claimants of VA's duty to assist in developing a claim. Claimants will be informed of what information and evidence is necessary in substantiating their claims prior to or at the time they file a claim. In addition, the EZ forms used for filing disability compensation, pension, and survivor benefits as well as the NOD form are shorter in length, making them less burdensome and time-consuming for claimants to complete. Additionally, EZ forms contain pre-printed lists of potentially available benefits to help guide claimants through the claim process. VA believes that the standard format of VA's forms that provide pre-printed selections from which claimants can choose poses less of a burden on claimants because claimants spend less time describing their intent to file a claim, identifying and describing symptoms or medical conditions, or expressions of disagreement to a VA decision in a narrative format of non-standard submissions.
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