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Substantial Gainful Work And Periods Of Remission
This is a really interesting, favorable case that was decided in the Federal Circuit on November 21, 1996. The case citation is 100 F3d 1389 Gregory Andler v. Shirley Chater, Commissioner of Social Security. The Federal Circuit seemed to state that an error was made in failing to consider that the periods that Gregory Andler worked and exceeded the poverty threshold were periods where his mental illness was in remission between hospitalizations. The Court stated these periods where the veteran worked during 2 summers should have been viewed as unsuccessful work attempts and ordered that he be considered disabled. I can see the applicability of this to my husband's cas…
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The Rep For Vets
Any one had any representation on a Va claim by National Veterans Disability Advocates: The Rep for Vets? 68mustang
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Desperate To Know What Can I Do?
Hey all a desperate plea for help. My current job has aggrevated my disability from the Veterans Administration. I am currently at 40% and have been told without surgery on my knees I cannot continue in my job. My knees are at 10% each for Retropallete Femoral syndrome with pain. My hips were added in Aug 2009 as per pain etc..... My back showed arthritis which the VA claimed was not a issue of theirs and stated my ankles were due to weight but I had medical records showing that it was in ralation to my knees. This was apparently ignored. The issue is I work as a mail man. My knees are preventing me from working and according to my Ortho Doctor need surgery. I have not w…
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Ulcerative Colitis Frequency
I received initial rating of 10% for moderate ulcerative colitis(UC) with infrequent exacerbations. Looking at the schedule of ratings, what number of exacerbations differentiates infrequent, frequent, and numerous? I have searched for this number online in various places but cannot find. Any help is apprecaited. 7323 Colitis, ulcerative: Pronounced; resulting in marked malnutrition, anemia, and general debility, or with serious complication as liver abscess......... 100 Severe; with "numerous" attacks a year and malnutrition, the health only fair during remissions........................... 60 Moderately s…
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Complaining About Va Medical Care?
I would like to know the best and most effective way to complain about poor medical care at a VAMC. I was recently injured by an x-ray tech at the VAMC. During the same visit, I was also given large amounts of IV and oral steroids, which resulted in me missing almost two weeks of work due to an adverse reaction (i.e. severe side effects). Should I deliver my complaint through: - Patient representative at the VAMC - The IRIS web site I have everything ready to go, just need some opinions on the best route to take. Thanks!
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Second Rating Just Came
Hello, I sent a message to another board, but i didn't find it there, so reading through this topic I decided I'd send some questions to the forum members here. After a 2007 Double ANCF with plate, I had a relapse with a enormous pain about 6 months later. I retired in 2003 from the Army, but for a variety of circumstances I never got a round to getting my VA physcial. I did get my retirement physical though. So after my neck got worse, I decided I needed to file to protect my family for the long term. It was for specific problems with my neck and didn't cover anything else. I got 40% for three Cervical issues (20% for left arm radicular pain; 20% for degenerative d…
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Stop-loss Extra Pay..
« Return to Article Click to Print Military Update: Thousands due stop-loss back pay still must apply By Tom Philpott 2010-01-10 16:46:55 About 185,000 veterans who were forced by wartime “stop-loss” orders to serve on active duty after enlistment contracts had expired, or past their approved retirement dates, are due a retroactive special payment of $500 for each extra month they served. But these veterans must apply by Oct. 21 to get the extra money set aside in appreciation for the extra time they had to serve. Payments could total $640 million. Through December, only about 15,000 veterans and current members had applied for “Retroactive Stop-Loss Special…
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My Brother Mike The Rest Of The Story
Re: My Brother Mike passed on Christmas Day The story behind the Story. Mike was my best friend since we were toddlers. We pretty much thought the same way, liked the same food, the same sports and took pretty much the same meds. He was 6'5 and I thought that he would live a long time more than me. In September Mike called me and said he was in Hospital and he thought he was going to be diagnosed with cancer. After one week in Hospital an Army Hospital used by VA for emergencies. It turned out he had something called psoratic arthritis and was very anemic one of the symptoms. He also had high white count in blood and the VA gave him anti biotics that caused major …
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Hepatitis In 1973, File A Claim?
I am real new to all this VA maze, I had Hep A soon after being seperated from the service in 1973. I was hospitalized at a Veterans hospital for 4 weeks. This was within 60 days of seperation. I was a emergency room medic for the last 1 and a half years. We were always covered in blood and body fluids. Poked with a dirty needle more times than I could count while trying to sew up a drunk or injured soldier. Most of us were OJT,ed into this posistion. Not a lot of training in blood borne pathogeins at that time. I now am starting to have some liver problems. If a claim was filed do you think the EED would be 1973? Or even a viaible claim. Trying not to clog the system wit…
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ptsd Incompetency Means No Firearms, Too?
Last week I got an award raising me from 30% to 70% for PTSD. Today a lady called and identified herself as a VA representative and said my claim is still "being processed". Then she said I cannot purchase or transport firearms since I am being determined incompetent, based on the C&P examination report. During the exam I had told the C&P doctor/examiner that my wife handles our finances. She's a financial planner, for pete's sake! So the lady said, as was also stated in the award letter, that VA "proposed" to find me incompetent to handle my finances and I would need to designate a fiduciary. I had already talked to my psychiatrist at VAMC and he is writin…
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Chapter 35...online H.s. Diploma
My wife is thinking of taking an online High School Diploma course. Will most community colleges allow the diploma when applying for Chapter 35 and pursuing an degree.
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Withdrawal Of Claims
On 10/3/09 i recieved my 50% rating(great c and p with a real doctor on 6/30) for sc migraine headaches, no exam until after 10/3/11. On 11/16/09 i filed two claims - chronic pain and chronic fatigue syndromes secondary to migraines. On 12/5 I received varo letter dated 12/3 acknowledging my two claims and that they also added a claim for an increase of my sc migraines(note - already at the highest rating of 50%). On 12/7 I sent an iris and 21-4138 statement to my varo saying that i wanted to withdraw my claims. On 12/8 i received vamc letter dated 12/7 saying that i have a c and p exam on 12/29. On 12/14 a va rater called me and said that they cannot withdraw my claims a…
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