Hey Fed,,,,, hold up....I think about everybody here (thousands) can understand your frustrations. The first thing you don't want to do is get in your own way. I think too, that what may be a discovery for you has been well known by most here, especially the seniors. i.e. you are preaching to the choir,,,now get up off your knees, wipe your eyes, focus and fight your battle. You have lots of help here. Pardon also, Fed,,,for the sake of all,,,please try to check your i's and t's before you present them as facts here. There are those who depend on the site for information that is as close to the facts as possible. (ex. 1. GAO tells the Board of Veteran's Appeals how to instruct the medical examiners to examine the veterans and how to word the diagnosis; (I doubt they tell the doctors what to do or say aside from the law. Think about it, if they did you wouldn't know it anyway.) 2. The VA convienently disregards approval by the Social Security Administration for disability when submitting that as evidence in a claim of any kind. (Almost anybody here can tell you that something is either SC or it's not and if the SSA report/approval gives evidence that something they (the SSA) approved is connected to your SC condition, then the SSA report can be strong evidence for your claim. If your SSA claim is for something other than a SC condition or secondary to a SC condition, then it wouldn't count anyway.) JUST SAYIN and I'm outta here. Good Luck.