hey, thanks a lot for the input.. very cool... gastone... i like you brother. anyway, I got 100% with a hearing coming in 2018. I thought I couldnt work for the past couple years lol, but i been getting 3k a month tax free. I was a lot more unmanaged back then.. even tho my symptoms are still bad with all my issues, now i have been dealing with them a many years and I am at least functioning dysfunctional. I went to the hearing, the DRO was awesome. So was DAV. They are both helping me. The DRO is re_evauluating my PTSD now instead of 2018 and looking to make it P&T for me now instead of making me wait. He also ordered a new gulf war syndrome exam and he is pushing it into my favor to get the docs right for me. He believes my case and what I'm saying but hes helping me do it the right way he also took GERD and created it as an independent claim right there. I got a little emotional in the meeting bc these issues have really affected my life on the daily basis. I had my kid and wife there and they got to comment. The DRO also told me, I can pretty much work what I want. I thought I couldn't, but actually I can. So this is just amazing Things were looking sort of down there for a while.. It's been looking up, but I always come here first to ask questions. Thank you Berta, You've helped me before. I plan on getting a job with the DAV after I volunteer a few times. I talked to them today about it, and I paid their membership to join.