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Important - Form 21-526B
This was just brought to my attention: It is highly recommended to use a Veteran's Supplemental Claim - VA Form 21-526b only for new additional, increase, appeal, or secondary claims. It is a special cover sheet which the RO will use to quickly route the claim to the appropriate department, instead of someone having to read and interpret the entire 21-4138. You can go to Hadit's Homepage - click on Forms - OR - click here: http://www4.va.gov/vaforms/ enter 21-526b and a fillable copy of the form will download and open up. OMB Control No. 2900-0001 Respondent Burden: 15 minutes VA DATE STAMP DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE VETERAN'S SUPPLEM…
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Battle
I know I said I would have nothing more to say.....but then I found this...thought I would share this as we ALL seem to be in a battle: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in th…
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tdiu Dumb Tdiu Question
Hey guys, I'm not quite out of the Army yet but about to file my BDD. I have been looking through my medical files and the "warms" website, and it looks like my disabillities may add to 100%. i.e. 60, 50, 50, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 10. So what happens if without any requests for tdiu, your stuff adds up higher than 95% ??? do you just get awarded the 100% disability, or do you have to ask for it? and if you do get the 95% can you still work or do you have to try and drop a couple things to leave you at 90%. I have been searching around and couldn't find a question similar to this, probably just overlooked it. THANKS ALOT GUYS!!!!
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Vso Clarification On Submitting Nod
I spoke to my VSO today for clarification on his method of helping me. This is what he is doing. We sent a letter for one claim for one NOD. In a week or so we will receive a letter requesting the medical information or other material-this has been opened as 1 case. We send that in, at the same time, we send in another NOD for another item. In another wards there will be many different cases all filed separately instead as 1 case as it will be quicker, and all these items will be submitted with one year. Every few weeks to a month I;ll be filing claims. If this pays off I could see extra cash coming in at different time periods. By sending them a shovel load they will si…
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Prostate Biopsy
Hello All Hope All Is Well. Has any one ever had this procedure done ? I had this procedure done on Friday painfull to say the least. I ended up in the emergency rm 7 hrs later could not void due to inflamation of prostate and catheter was introduce to relieve the bladder. This was something should have been last november but due to issues concerning local VAMC and POC changes and pretty much gettiing jerked around at this point. As for my health care at this facility it has gone irrevecably bad and the bond of trust of so called professionals that id rather go to local ER or hosp for treatment and have requested fee base care no reply from VAMC. YOU…
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Ihd
If I was rated for arterioscelorotic heart disease could I also get a rating for IHD due to AO? I got 60% for arterio secondary to DMII. Now I could file for IHD also I believe as directly presumptive for AO, but would I want to for any reason? Are the two diseases the same thing?
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More Ft. Hood Suicides
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/us/30hood.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Excerpt from NY Times: Maj. Gen. William F. Grimsley, the Fort Hood senior commander, said in a statement released at a news conference on Wednesday that “leaders at all levels remain deeply concerned about this trend.” Mr. Haug said that the general did not believe that additional measures were necessary to stop the trend and that the base already had an extensive suicide-prevention program. But advocates for soldiers who have suffered mental breakdowns said the programs were not effective.
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Filed Nod With My Vso
I went to a new VSO (same organization - TN DVA) on Aug. 13th and filed a NOD on a July 28th rating decision. I haven't heard anything from the VA yet. My VSO says it could take 60 days before I hear anything at all but I don't remember it taking this long with a NOD I filed a couple years ago. I'm trying hard to be patient but don't want to wait too long either. I may have mentioned this before, but I'm worried because I received a request for further information and sent in medical records & a statement in support of my claim in April and those records were ignored. When I made an IRIS inquiry about the records I'd filed, they came back saying: "Our records do n…
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ptsd Would This Help Support An Earlier Effective Date For Tdiu?
I resigned from my federal civilian employment in November 2009, citing clearly on my resignation that it was due to my service-connected conditions (depression and PTSD). The following day, I informed my VA psychologist that I had done so. Lots and lots and lots of treatment and support groups happened. In April 2010, my new VA psychiatrist signed a statement for my state tax authority (there is a higher pension exclusion in MD for totally disabled). She wrote "He has been unable to work in any capacity and has been totally disabled since November 2009." More treatment and support groups. In July 2010 or thereabouts, I filed for TDIU. More treatment and …
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diabetes Iris Response
The question has been asked many times on Hadit and other boards as to how RO handle multi claims. This Iris response addresses this question fairly well. IRIS RESPONSE: We also show your October 19, 2009, claim for increase seeking an earlier effective date for cardiac arterial disease open at the Roanoke RO. VA must hold all claims regarding B cell leukemias, Parkinson’s disease, and ischemic heart disease until final regulations are accepted, published, and the final review process is completed. The final regulation (38 CFR 3.309(e)) was published August 31, 2010. The regulation is now under a 60-day period where Congress is able to review the regulation and dec…
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Included In Comprehensive Veterans’ Benefits Bill Passes Congress
From: VAEmail (Veterans Affairs) [ Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 8:30 AM To: VETAFF- Subject: COMPREHENSIVE VETERANS' BENEFITS BILL PASSES CONGRESS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kawika Riley (Veterans’ Affairs) September 30, 2010 (202) 224-9126 COMPREHENSIVE VETERANS’ BENEFITS BILL PASSES CONGRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii), Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, praised his colleagues for supporting a comprehensive veterans’ benefits package now headed to the White House for President Obama’s …
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ptsd Us Army Commanders Alarmed By Rash Of Suicides At Fort Hood
9. US Army Commanders Alarmed By Rash Of Suicides At Fort Hood. The New York Times (9/30, A23, McKinley, 1.01M) reports, “Four veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan died this week from what appeared to be self-inflicted gunshot wounds at Fort Hood in central Texas, raising the toll of soldiers who died here at their own hands to a record level and alarming Army commanders.” The “largest base in the United States, Fort Hood and the surrounding communities have suffered high rates of crime, domestic violence, suicide and various mental illnesses as wave after wave of soldiers have been deployed abroad over nine years of continual warfare, often serving more…
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