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Answer To Iris Inquiry
I sent and IRIS inquiry on Tuesday and received this as a response: We received your apeal on 03-14-05 for the following conditions: Hypertensive Vascular Disease - Partial Blindness - and Degenerative Arthritis. Your appeal is with the DRO on the appeals team as of 01-18-07. It is with them to review to see what needs to be done next. We hope to have your finished sometime this Spring. Please check with us againMarch if you haven't heard from us. Sincerely, I have no clue about the appeals process. can someone please explain? Tim
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ptsd Should I File For Increase And New Claims Now
SINCE I GOT MY 70% AND IU LAST MONTH SHOULD I NOW APPEAL FOR 100% OR LEAVE IT ALONE. AND I HAVE A HEARING EXAM AT THE VA ON THE 1ST I HAVE RINGING IN THE EARS FROM SERVICE AS A COMBAT ENGINEER. WORKING WITH EXPLOSIVES. SO IF THE TEST SHOWS THAT I HAVE HEARING LOSS AND RINGING INTHE EARS SHOULD I FILE A CLAIM. ALSO I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE THE VA HAS BEEN GIVING ME MEDS FOR IT. I WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE VA FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESURE. I BELIEVE MY HBP IS CONNECTED TO MY PTSD.THANKS
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What Does This Mean?
Just spoke to a very uncaring, cold woman at the VA 800# asking about my claims and appeal. Her answer was "its at the rating board waiting to be assigned. It hasn`t been assigned yet." I said...does that mean neither the claims or appeal has even been looked at? She say "its waiting to be assigned, its at the rating board". I said thanks and hung up, before I blew up. Isn`t this rediculous? I mean whats at the rating board...the damn claims or appeal or both? And when I asked her what that meant in layman terms couldn`t she have shown some compassion for 30 seconds and answered me? I mean who in the hell pays her wages? I know its a waste of time to call that 800#, b…
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Will Someone Please Answer My Question
So far no one has answered my question regarding SOC. This came up in the topic of Kudos for the VA and quality of treatment. Well, I am not getting quality of care at my VAMCs at Fayetteville & Ft. Smit AR. Some one suggested that I file something like a SOC for denial of services???? Can someone enlighten me, please?????
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tinnitus Bva Haas Stay
just got from Ray B Davis: Dear Readers, The Board of Veterans Appeals Chairman had ordered a "stay" of cases affected by the Veterans Court decisions in "Haas" decision wherein they the Court ruled that those who served during the Vietnam War and received the Vietnam Service medal and had service in the waters off Vietnam (even when they did not set foot in Vietnam) have a legal right to the Presumption of exposure to agent orange. "III. CONCLUSION On consideration of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the petitioner has demonstrated a clear and indisputable right to a writ. The petition is therefore GRANTED to the following extent: Board…
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I Have An Odd Question
If you are awared a claim for something being secondary to your condiction, can the secondary problem have a higher rating then the primary condiction? sbrewer
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To Really Study Results Of Gaf Scores Go Here
Go here:http://search.vetapp.gov/ and enter: Global Assessment Functioning Score Hope this helps a vet. carlie
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Just Got A Call From The Va
A little background. Served honorably in the AF 1985-1989 First filed for compensation MAR2006 Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease and IBS. I was a dumbass before I found hadit. Long story short, my biggest mistake was relying on the VA to do the right thing (believing the line they tow). I got denied on both in 60 days. Submitted additional evidence in Aug 06 showing current diagnoses and a letter from my dr. stating a nexus (DDD only). My Dr. had not reviewed my service medical records. Got denied in 60 days. My SO (AL) filed a NOD without discussing it with me. I wanted to get my SMR's for my Dr. to review and write another letter. ANyway, he said I could not c…
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Try To Keep Disagreements As Civil As Possible
You can catch more with honey than vinegar. No one needs to leave Hadit, Disagreements can sometimes show a new way for a Veteran to win a claim. New members of Hadit are the lifeblood of this Board and we are here to help each other not get into fights. If someone bothers you put them on ignore. Courtesy is a must. If my friend John quits posting it will be a loss for Veterans who need insight into the system. I learn something almost every day from his posts. Personal attacks are not allowed on Hadit. The VA is tough enough without compounding the problems. Just cause someone has an opinion that does not make them a liar. I am quite confident that if there is a…
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Question For Berta
Berta what do you know about the grading of collaterals?
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Spinal Stenosis
I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis 3 years ago, 7 months before I retired. The VA listed this as degenerative arthritis (10%) on the explanation of my case. Degenerative Disk Disease is one of the causes of spinal stenosis, and I do have one degenerative disk. Is it a big deal that they listed what they did instead of the spanial stenosisis. Secondly, I am now having pain going down both elgs as a result of the spinal stenosis. I have been through physical therapy and the pain got worse. Yesterday, I had another MRI done and suspect I will be sent to a neurosurgeon. I currently have a claim for increaseed compensation pending although it is not being worked on because I…
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