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The Screens Available To 800 No. Representative
I recently read about a screen that is available to the 800 number operators. It would be helpful if someone could post a list of known screens that the VARO uses to answer telephone inquires and the significance of specifically asking about one or more screens (what information can be gleaned from each). I contacted the VA telephonically yesterday and I'm quite sure the representative just shook me off as quickly as he could. Thank you...
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200 Million Still Unpaid
http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfDEC07/nf120107-1.htm I have followed the CRDP and CRSC matters for years and they are still snafued- and I bet there are still many retirees -who are eligible for one of these programs- due to receipt of VA SC comp and they dont know it yet- The Nov 14th deadline DFAS had hoped to have this all squared away -has passed and there are thousands still waiting for some news.
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Dfas Crdp
Do I understand that the VA payment is actually the offset they were taking to the Mil retirement pay? The part of the rating and its EED date that made the retiree eligible for CRDP or CRSC?
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Ssoc Mailed Today
Ms Winston called me this afternoon to tell me that they mailed me a Statement of the Case today. I said, " A denial". She said the SSOC was being mailed today. She didn't say if it was or not? Wasn't it? I have heard the words remanded back to BVA? From somebody at AMC. I am sure the papers won't arrive until about next Saturday , which will be exactly two years to date of Regional Office denial. What next? Always, Betty
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Help In Receiving Benefits
I'm not even sure if I'm even on the correct website to get the help I need. My father passed away about 2.5 years ago. He spent 20 years in the Army, retired as Master Sgt. My mother has been going thru a nonstop battle trying to receive any benefits entitled to her. To this day, she has not received ONE CENT. Only thing she will be able to receive from what we're told is a percentage of his social security once she turns 60. My father fought in Vietnam, but the problem we're having is that we can't prove my father was actually there b/c it's not on any of his paper work. I don't know too much about that time because my father retired shortly after I was born, so I …
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ptsd Va And Suicide
The VA web site posted this info today- Suicide Signs and Prevention Do you know how to recognize the signs - and what actions you should take - if you think someone is considering suicide? If you remember only one thing, remember this phone number: 1-800-273-TALK (8255). For more information, read "A Lifeline for Veterans in Crisis" in the Sept.-Oct. 2007 issue of VAnguard magazine or visit VA’s mental health Web site. I am glad the VA posted it again but I think they were only doing this in response to the latest news on the high rate of suicides in vets in the news. The hot line by the way is at a VAMC close to me with a very good reputation for providin…
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New Service-connected Compensation Rates
http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/rates/comp01.htm SMC Rates - http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/rates/comp02.htm
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ptsd This And That
This and That I had to laugh at the AJC coverage of James Peake for new Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Words like, “Nominee to head VA pledges to do right thing by Veterans.” No mention of the fact that he and Principi were head haunchoes in the VA contract for Billions for their company to do the C & P on Veterans. The very minimum C & P; I might add. What a crock and a bunch of self-serving crooks we have inside 495. Then on top of all that they state he hedged on any specific plans he would implement for the Veterans Administration. Did anyone, especially Veterans and their families except anything differently? The best thi…
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Baltimore,md. Varo Lost My Paper I Hand Carry To The Office To The Front Dest Clerk
On Oct 28,2007 I hand carry papers that the Baltimore,MD VARO needed from me. I got copies of some papers,but not all of the papersI turn in to the front desk clerk at the VARO. I Called 3 months later that The unemployeable papers I turn in Oct.28,07 the VARO Claim Depart did not receive my papers for the claim. What going on at the VARO or they trying to stop veterans placing claims? I need help.
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Tssnave Here Is The Info On The Ssoc
here is a link on SSOC http://home.earthlink.net/~6929297a/ch05_secd.htm hope it helps MT
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Notice Of Disagreement--cardiac Rating
Re: Sick Sinus Syndrome with Sinus Bradycardia, Status Post Pacemaker I changed my mind about not appealing one portion of my claim. I was pleased that the VA approved the disability shown above; but upon reading the text of the Rating Decision, I discovered that I had overlooked the fact that the VA rated my METs (One MET (metabolic equivalent) is the energy cost of standing quietly at rest and represents an oxygen uptake of 3.5 milliliters per kilogram of body weight per minute) at greater than 7. The most recent treadmill test,from three years ago, shows my METs as 6.2. The difference between great than 7 and less than 7 is 20 rating points (10% vs. 30%). So…
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Picket Sign Ready
Friday I plan to start a one Veteran Thailand picket of the VARO, Louisville, Kentucky. Any Veteran wanting to join me just e-mail me at rthomass@insightbb.com, or just come on down. " Picket sign professionally done by a local sign shop to read " VA UNFAIR TO VIETNAM ERA THAILAND VETERANS". This agent orange debacle has got to end. I know I am only one Veteran but damn I have done everything I know how to do. I have sent letters to every member of Congress; Proposed a BILL that would approve every Veterans AO claim that served in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. I have an AO claim that has been all the way fron the VARO to the CAVC to the AMC and now back to the…
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