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ptsd Applying For Iu. Questions?
I am 11b20, vietnam 67&68... I am SC 50% Ptsd- 10% wounds(burns)- 10%tinnitus. I have been seeing a shrink for about 2 years and he has had me on different medications for Ptsd, sleep, depression,panic attacks etc. I have a Gaf of 37 for my last visit to the skrink.. He filled out a PTSD Disabilities Work Capacity Evaluation. He stated he felt i was not employable . I also went to a private Psychologist who stated i am unemployable All of the medicines he has perscribed me have side effects. I have applied for IU at the suggestion of my claim rep. DAV...I have not held a steady job for many years. (my wife and son started a lemonade concessions in my name at…
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hypertension First C&p Exam
My husband filed a first-time claim in August (for DMII, hypertension), and he just got his C&P appointment dates. It looks like it is just tests the first appointment date(LAB and EKG), and the second appointment date says "SNAPP" - whatever that is. My husband is relatively healthy - all the conditions we are claiming are under good control with medications. I'm not sure I understand the point of the examination, or the testing. My husband can re-state the things we stated in his claim about the course of his diseases, but the tests are going to (or should, at least) show normal test results. They are requesting blood pressure checks (twice a day on three dif…
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Title 18. Crimes And Criminal Procedure
Hi, Does anyone know does this regulation apply to doctors that perform C&P examinations or just to the Veteran? TITLE 18. CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART 1. CRIMES CHAPTER 47 FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS 18 USCS SEC. 1001 Sec. 1001. Statements or entries generally (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully (1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by the trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representatio…
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tdiu Unemployability Rules
Remember a vet does not have to be rated a specific rating to quailfy for unemployability. And a veteran can still work if rated granted unemployability. Here are the rules: § 4.16 Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual. top (a) Total disability ratings for compensation may be assigned, where the schedular rating is less than total, when the disabled person is, in the judgment of the rating agency, unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as a result of service-connected disabilities: Provided That, if there is only one such disability, this disability shall be ratable at 60 percent or more, an…
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Dependants Compensation
How long does it take the VA to pay for Dependants once you have submitted the Paperwork? I had to resend it again even though I put it down on the original claim.
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Another Vet Dies And Was
http://www.vawatchdog.org/nfNOV06/nf112206-1.htm "At least three local residents said VA urgent care workers didn't help during medical emergencies, including a woman who claimed her 70-year-old husband died at Holy Family Hospital hours after a receptionist rudely turned him away."
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Hard Day
This is a difficult day for me losing all my taste buds to radiation and man did I love to eat. But I still sincerely from all of my heart wish you all a great Thanksgiving and holiday season. I really mean that and I do worry about us all equally having a hard time financially this time of year especially. We are all alive and still have more fight in us so lets keep our chin up. Your help has been very appreciated here at Hadit. I`m going to sniff turkey and watch my Lions get beat again.... Cavman
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Amc From Rater Back To Development?
Hi everyone, Just when I thought that I was getting somewhere, I found this out yesterday from the AMC. My claims file went back to Development from the Rater. Is this perhaps why? Remand by BVA 7. After the above development has been completed, the veteran's claims file should returned to the board of VA psychiatrists who participated in the April 2005 examination for clarification of the provided opinion. They should be requested to review the record and reconcile their opinion as to etiology in light of the evidence added since their examination of the veteran, including the May 2005 statement of Dr. B C.C and the January 2006 statement of Dr.M P M…
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Clear And Unmistakable Error
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 38, Volume 2] [Revised as of July, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 38CFR20.1403] [Page 106] TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (CONTINUED) PART 20--BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS: RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents Subpart O--Revision of Decisions on Grounds of Clear and Unmistakable Error Sec. 20.1403 Rule 1403. What constitutes clear and unmistakable error; what does not. (a) General. Clear and unmistakable error is a very specific and rare kind of…
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Independent Medical Opinions
§ 3.328 lndependent medical opinions. (a) General. When warranted by the medical complexity or controversy involved in a pending claim, an advisory medical opinion may be obtained from one or more medical experts who are not employees of VA. Opinions shall be obtained from recognized medical schools, universities, clinics or medical institutions with which arrangements for such opinions have been made, and an appropriate official of the institution shall select the individual expert(s) to render an opinion. (:D Requests. A request for an independent medical opinion in conjunction with a claim pending at the regional office level may be initiated by the office …
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Rules For Convalescent Ratings
I have seen a lot of quetions concerning this lately so here are the rules: § 4.30 Convalescent ratings. A total disability rating (100 percent) will be assigned without regard to other provisions of the rating schedule when it is established by report at hospital discharge (regular discharge or release to non-bed care) or outpatient release that entitlement is warranted under paragraph (a) (1), (2) or (3) of this section effective the date of hospital admission or outpatient treatment and continuing for a period of 1, 2, or 3 months from the first day of the month following such hospital discharge or outpatient release. The termination of these total ratings wil…
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