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Time To Be Thankful
i was recently admitted in the va for treatment for about a week to get my meds straightened out and to get my feet back on the ground. i was on the psychiatric ward and was shocked after talking to the vets there at the number who were homeless. when they were to be discharged they had no home to go to. one guy was living in his truck,and had no gas money. before i left i gave what i had to them ,and i will say the v.a. hospital was as kind as they could be,and some of them were admitted for a longer stay on the accohol and drug ward. but there were people waiting in line to get in with nowhere to live and the stay is very short term about a week to two weeks. …
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Nexus Letter
I have an appt w/ my private neurosurgeron today & I need a nexus letter connecting my SC'ed disabilities to my currently existing medical condition. It should be just a plain basic letter that I can get the doc to sign. Hopefully she will sign it. Thx. babyray
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Thin Skinned People Should Not Read.
When I joined Hadit in '05 there were no moderaters. I was very unhappy with the Va system to put it mildly. Thankfully, I was allowed to vent my frustrations and learn how to deal with the VA. I was not allowed to do so on another claims site, I didn't go back. Today, when I open the VA Claims Research page here at Hadit, there are no less than six closed topics on the first page. I had not posted a comment to any of them but it pains me to see them closed. Why would it bother me when I did not have an opinion to share? Because I come here to help veterans. It helped me a great deal to be able to vent my frustrations. While there have always been those that may disagr…
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Svr Radio Show
Mike McGavaran or Dave Miller with the McGavran Agency will be the guest speaker this week and we will be talking about Medicare Supplement Insurances Plans and other Insurances for Veterans' and their familys, if you live a long way from a VA Medical Unit or don't want or trust the VA Staff a cutting on you then this just may befor you and your family. Every Medigap policy must follow Federal and state laws and the COST is usualy the only difference by different insurance companies each Medigap policy must offer the same basic benefits..Please tune in.. To Listen to the SVR "Surviving Veterans Resolve" With Host Jerrel Cook and Co-Host Jbasser of Ha…
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Info Update
Greetings and Soon to be Merry Christmas and Happy New Year once again fellow Hadit Members, Computer Geeks, “Staff” and the like minded and A smile to you “B” and “C”… Josh, the Caribean Outcast in Colombia. with you here… Today, 12/23/2009, I am once again vowing to rattle some cages at the Houston VARO and find out what is happening with my 1151 after all these years. Furthermore, I need to find out if they have tracked down or located the ORIGINAL MRI´s I had previously submitted---- and… and… and …. was informed they were unable to locate those images earlier this year. {2009}… And what about the special handeing request that was never acknowledged…
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Va Compensation/pension Medical Worksheets
I am about to go to my VA Medical exams. I found the following link to be very useful: http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/exams/index.htm I am curious though, how much does my Army retirement physical taken last month play in the exams? I have multiple conditions which I did list on the physical as well as a ream of paper for medical documents, all of which have been copied and turned into the VA.
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lumbosacral Lumbar C&p
First off, thank you for all you guys do here. I have been reading on here for weeks now and found a tremendous amount of knowledge. I finished my last C&P exam last week (this is my first time applying). I received a copy of my exams today. One claim is for back pain due to a fractured vertebrae from my last (3rd) trip to Iraq. The following are the findings on the report: **************** Report: Lumbosacral Spine - Three views demonstrate mild scoliosis to the left. There is mild anterolisthesis of L4 secondary to pars defect probably bilaterally. There is also supected pars defect of L3. There is minimal narrowing of L3-L4 and L4-L5 disc spaces. Ther…
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Can You Sue Your Service Organization For Mistakes.
I wanted to know if anyone ever tried to sue their service organization for gross errors in handling their claims. For example, if the service representative in charge (ie DVA, PVA, Am Leg.) failed to file paperwork perfecting a claim for benefits that the VA should have granted, is the service organization open to lawsuits for the gross neglegence of that employee's failings caused the vet to lose @ 75K in back benefits?
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Does Anyone Have A Reference Limiting Cue To One Time?
I read that in filing a CUE a Veteran has only "one shot" to get it right, or forever be barred from filing a Cue again. Does that apply to a single decision? What if that decision has multiple issues, and there were multiple CUE violations? What about "unadjucated" issues, that is, what if a decision failed to address an issue at all, so the Veteran was unaware the decision was "deemed denied"? I just realized this "deemed denial" thing opened up a can of worms with Cue. In case you are not up to speed a "deemed denial" means if you apply for 3 issues, and the VA issues a decision on just one, the other two are "deemed denied" and the one year appeal clock st…
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Dc
I have been dx w/ L-5/S-1 radiculopathy. Under what diagnostic code should I use. Thx babyray :)
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Asking The Va To Cue Themselves
From another thread: http://www.hadit.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33395 Berta (or others who know such things...), I am very interested in this part. I sent a request for the VA to correct a clear and unmistakable error on my claim in February 2009. The issue was the November 2008 dismissal of my appeal as untimely, though it was clearly sent within the time-frame. The VA signed for the CUE request document, and acknowledged by IRIS that they had received it. However, they referred to it as an NOD, rather than a CUE Request, in the IRIS. It is clearly labeled at the top of each page "Request for Correction of Clear and Unmistakable Error RE: Dismissal…
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General Counsel Opinion
In a claim for service-connected aggravation of a pre-existing disability, must the veteran show an increase in disability during service to trigger the presumption of aggravation? A: No. A published General Counsel Opinion has now made clear that, under 38 C.F.R. § 3.306(:), a claimant is not required to show that the disease or injury in question increased in severity during service to trigged the presumption of aggravation, thus requiring the VA to rebut the presumption by clear and unmistakable evidence. See VAOPGCPREC 3-2003. Anyone else heard about this? Thanks, Jerr
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