Arch

I think good old POT is the answer! No Crank no speed no Alchol,( well mabey a little te hee) Im getting to that point where I feel nausious alot of the time I know from the past that POT helps that and may soon start back up.... Arch (Ol Pot smoker)

Yes, I was taking Lipitor and after several months I was unable to walk! Upon examination they found my right calf was about 2/3 the girth of my left leg. Just had a blood draw so they called the lab and ordered a CPK test and the physician Hospitalized me and "stopped" the lipitor on the spot. Some people do quite well on the medication, others do badly there are different physiologys of people. Tried there massive Niacin dosage and a few months later had a severe GI bleed, Liver failure was diagnosed? Dont know if they are related or not?? Arch 100% SC P&T USAF

Hey, Just for grins I would have my next of kin apply for the flag and burial benefits. Get the National Cemetary to do a grave locator search, (They say you are dead right) and apply for Burial benefits, If the cause of "supposed demise" was S/C apply for Dependants DIC. After they tell you you are indeed alive, and deny the benefit because death has not occured Yet, Use this a Irrefutable proof of their many many errors. Arch

With alot of help from Patty Murray's people and the threat of asking the U.S. Attorney to investigate "why the VARO does not follow the legal requirments of Title 38 U.S.C." I got the P&T retroactive for 2 years. My Wife deserves the CHAMPVA. These VARO DRO's are SOB's, I hate fighting my own Government for things that should be a "Given". Arch 100% P&T

For what it is worth, I get the same thing after most proceedures. Mine comes from Staph infections. Comfrey and red clover ameliorate the pain and swelling. If it is some Military related infection YOU NEED ANTIBIOTIC HELP I have a perpetual staph infection in my ears, skin, face, )scrotum edges( that hurts bad, behind the ears etc. See the Doc soon....If the first one wont help see more and more till you get help..... Arch

Thank you for saying this so well, I could obfsucate much more but what you said is well written../. Arch

VA rates hearing loss in a screwy manner! it has to meet a specific level before VA considers it disabling. Also tinnitus shows up as a notch in hearing, like; -10 -20 -20 -40 -20 as measured in five frequencies. the notch also affects speech recognition. My hearing aids stink!!! Arch

Never Never close any appeal. Closing my appeal on advice from the "stinking DAV"lost me $10,000 in back pay so I could get my GI Bill benefits before time ran out... Do not close out anything, wait 2 years its money in the bank. they will have to go back to your original filing date. and you get the back money anyhow... Arch 100% VA 100% SSDI 10% present and not accounted for :)

VA doctor made a comment with his finding that the possibility of surgery exists pending Heart and Liver doctors clearance. Of course they say only life sustaining surgery could be performed, VARO did not look at that! So no elective brain surgery for me. I am 65 this year and on 100% SSDI for the past 8 or so years. Its just thier way of screwing over me AGAIN. Spouses medical insurance here in Wa. state is almost $600.00 per month for high deductable coverage. So they take almost half of my compensation just for her coverage. Like the Vawatchdog site says it aint over till you get the brass plaque on your crypt. Thanks for the reply and Happy New year Arch

Well All, I want to wish a happy new year, and a prospourous one to all on the board. I won my 100% Schedular but no Champva for spouse, my living expenses have gone through the roof, Just had a $4000 repair on my eurovan. Everything is breaking or dying. I am Sooo depressed Im almost thinking of seeing the shrink again for more pills since thats all they will do?? I hope it goes better for the rest of you though, even with this "clinker" of a new VA Chief ... HAPPY 2008 TO ALL. Arch

My best advice is to go with an attorney, I have been on SSDI since late in 98. I was turned down 3 times and as soon as the lawyer got his cut of back money I was awarded 100% by an administrative law judge, PTSD almost got me jail time when the SS doctor said I did not have peripheral neuropathy. I stood up and almost grabbed th Doctor by the neck but I was removed by two officers, I was apoligized to by the Law Judge and awarded disability for the heart condition and DMII and a laundry list of other stuff. I was recently upgraded to 100% VA disability for Meniers disease, I still have to NOD the rest. Its never really over? Arch

Chickens will eat good now! Checked electronic deposit, its in there the back pay that is. Wifey poo did all the writing, not fair for us to have to pay $400/ month for insurance. But she does not trust the VA either..... Arch

Thats Correct Berta, no guarantee, I have had 4 surgeries so far and only the TIPS stent went well all the rest had other complictions. Its hard enough walking into walls, falling and knocking things down now. I Just dont trust "modern medicine". Im working on my approach NOW. At My senior age and with all my medical problems Surgery is not an option & Forget the Gentamycin injection in the ear. Tinnitus is bad enough now, Imagine turning the whistling into a roaring turbine.... Arch

Carlie, they truly do. We have an account there and was depositing the VA checks there,suddenly they required a WA DL number plus SSN on the check with that much info they can open an account elsewhere, I refused to allow them to write the numbers on the check. So they would not take the deposit of federal funds of a U.S. treasury check without a "thumbprint"... We no longer use BOA except for paypal and small change.... Bitterly Arch

Navy. I have recently been upgraded to 100% from 50% with vestibular disfunction. I allways thought the tinnitus was either blood perssure or someone talking about me? Over the military service I had variable hearing in the ear, to the point that I was accused of malingering. I now know this is the course of meniers disease. I have had all the tests also, and they initially called it vestibular disfunction,deafness with tinnitus. Vertigo is not allways a spinning sensation, it can be a loss of balance falling down or rocking sensation. I have fallen down my stairs, and fall constantly. Good news is there are 3 stages of meniers disease, the middle one being the worst with attacks of vomiting and high speed spinning, or where it tends to accelerate. I am now inthe "burnt out" stage of what is called Classic Meniers disease. Iv'e had a lousy life dealing with bouts of it, No one knows what its etiology is either, we are all a bit different. I have used Vallium ( death pill) antivert and am having the best sucess with a diuretic combo for my Liver disease its. Amiloride and furosomide, I still have ear pain constantly though. All you need is 2 or more epesodes weekly for 100% schedular plus cerebellar gait? Cant get a "gold standard" on that puppy though. watch out for attacks of tumarkin, I also have those thats dangerous.... Arch