Hiring an Attorney

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   Vets Shouldn't Have To Get A Lawyer.

   January 1, 2007 by Stretch

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   Why? http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/The...2806_oped4.html

   

   Last reply by disabled dave in the philippines, May 6, 2007
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   Read Before You Post

   April 5, 2007 by Tbird

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   This is a moderated forum with rules please adhere to them or it will necessitate the deletion of your account. Anything a Moderator find to be erroneous is subject to review and deletion. Flames will be deleted. Personal attacks will be deleted. Political topics will be removed. Members who unable to follow the rules will be removed. Everyone won't agree on many things, but the one thing we should agree on is that we are here so that no brother or sister veteran gets left behind, not on a jungle trail, not on a desert trail and not on a paper trail." Tbird The biggest component of HadIt.com to help veterans is our very active discussion forum. Ove…

   

   Last reply by Tbird, April 5, 2007
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   Personality Disorders In New Vets 1 2

   December 26, 2006 by Berta

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   http://www.vawatchdog.org/nfDEC06/nf122506-3.htm "Military records show that since 2003, 4,092 Army soldiers and another 11,296 men and women in other branches of the armed services have been discharged after being diagnosed with the disorder." This is quite an article at Watchdog. And of course I sure do not believe the rate of PD is anywhere near what the mil thinks it is.

   

   Last reply by goofycow, March 28, 2007
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   One More Poa Gripe

   March 25, 2007 by Berta

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   In 2004 my POA rep asked me if I had elected a DRO review on my AO claim. We were in my home as I was helping one of his vets with a claim. I said yeah why- and he said Remember -you cannot send them any more evidence now- I said say what? He said when a vet or widow elects the DRO review process they cant send in any more claims evidence. (I couldnt wait until the vet left- but they left at the same time-I immediatly emailed the rep with the regs that show he was WRONG.Good thing he brought the vet here- that claim would have been still in the crapper and the vet did finally succeed) He emailed me that his boss had told him to say that! How many vetera…

   

   Last reply by Objee, March 25, 2007
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   New Forum For Discussing Hiring Attorneys

   December 17, 2006 by Tbird

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   Set this new forum up for discussions on the new bill allowing veterans to hire attorneys.

   

   Last reply by Berta, March 24, 2007
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   Terry- The Down Side

   December 30, 2006 by Berta

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   Terry - I woke up at 5 AM with an unusual thought- Say vet get a gung ho young lawyer-who realises that the longer the VA screws around with a valid probative claim- the more retro the vet accumulates, therefore the bigger the lawyers fee---- This lawyer might well have no incentive to attempt to get a good award in a reasonable period of time- another thing- I prepared a NOD for a vet who the VA wanted to pay his CAVC lawyer 8,000 bucks. The VA has 5 conditions that a lawyers fee is dependent on- The lawyer did not fulfill all of these conditions. This was one of the best NODs I ever wrote as it was an act of Love-I love VA regs but I also love th…

   

   Last reply by Berta, March 22, 2007
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   Update: Senator Corrects Dav's Anti-attorney

   March 21, 2007 by betrayed

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   -- "I believe that veterans are mature, responsible and capable enough to decide for themselves whether to hire legal representation." The "Attorneys for Veterans" issue remains in the news. Last week, the DAV sent out a letter and petitions to their Commanders and members. They were urged to sign the petitions and send them to Congress in an effort to repeal the "Attorneys for Veterans" legislation passed last year. Now, Senator Larry Craig (R-ID), who favors "Attorneys for Veterans" and who was mentioned in the DAV's letter, speaks out to correct what appears to be a "misrepresentation" by the DAV. As the DAV continues to oppose a veteran's right to a…

   

   Last reply by betrayed, March 21, 2007
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   "deemed Denied"

   December 24, 2006 by Objee

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   From VAWatchDog.com: "VA'S "DEEMED DENIED" RULING WILL NOT BE APPEALED TO SUPREME COURT -- The bombshell "deemed denied" ruling states that when VA acts on one claim but does not address other claims, the other claims are deemed denied. VA does not have to provide veteran with notice of denied claims. No appeal means that only Congress can change this ruling." What's this mean? I'm no attorney, but until one responds I suggest that we read all our claims filings very carefully. We tend to have laundry lists of injury and disease claims and may not recognize something can be interpreted as a claim. If it's a disease or injury and you mention OR INFER …

   

   Last reply by gdsnide, February 28, 2007
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   Obtaining Lawyers

   December 27, 2006 by Dorothy Kansas

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   Can we obtain lawyers now since they passed the law?

   

   Last reply by gdsnide, February 28, 2007
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    Dav Misrepresents

    February 14, 2007 by Berta

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    http://vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfFEB07/nf021407-1.htm Also please read the statements from former Judge Nebezer- some of you might recall how he was quick to chastise the VA under Jessie Brown's regime- The DAV statement in question was from Joe Violante, National Legislative Director of the DAV. He said: "The DAV believes that each veteran who is awarded compensation is entitled to full payment, and that no disabled veteran should be forced to obtain a private attorney to secure an accurate and humane disability rating from VA." Whoever said 'forced'- this is a bill of Choice- if the DAV and many other major vet orgs had better vet reps over the years- …

    

    Last reply by Guest, February 16, 2007
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    Dav's Take On All This

    January 25, 2007 by Berta

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    http://www.dav.org/voters/claims_process.html " no disabled veteran should have to pay an attorney to obtain the benefits that a grateful nation provides and the veteran is rightfully due the disabled veteran, or his dependent or survivor seeking VA assistance, should receive the full economic value of the benefit to aid in the purchase of the necessities of life or to ameliorate the effects of disability the claimant’s application may very well result in an award of benefits on the initial VA decision, and it would be especially unwarranted to divert 20 percent or more of the claimant’s retroactive award to an attorney for merely assisting the claimant in completi…

    

    Last reply by Stretch, February 8, 2007
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    Brain Storm

    February 7, 2007 by rdawg

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    what prevents the Service orgs from keeping an attorney on staff. They could have one attorney work all of thier claims and keep the 20%. The 20% keeps the Orgs. afloat financially so they can help more vets.

    

    Last reply by Guest, February 8, 2007
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    S 2694

    January 18, 2007 by Berta

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    http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c109...09T5IVY6:e4394: Halfway down ---- I hope they will have access to Public comment before this gets into 38 CFR- "(g) Effective Date- (1) IN GENERAL- The amendments made by this section shall take effect six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) REGULATIONS- The Secretary shall prescribe the regulations, if any, to be prescribed under the amendments made by subsection (a) not later than the date specified in paragraph (1). (3) CLAIMS- The amendments made by subsections (, ©, (d), and (e) shall apply to claims submitted on or after the date specified in paragraph (1)" Question- only applic…

    

    Last reply by Berta, January 19, 2007
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    ptsd Lawyers

    January 16, 2007 by Berta

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    Men and women-I dont think lawyers will give a hoot if they find that the VA violates the VCAA or any DTA regs, etc. I think that veterans have to keep in mind that the focus of most of a lawyer's life is Evidence- We had a VCAA question in Research topic this AM- and I made a point that I think lawyers will make too---- I say this because I have worked for lawyers- If the VA fails to get private med recs, or SSA records, or does anything that seems to go against the VCAA as far as what they will obtain-I believe a good lawyer will tell the vet to get this evidence themselves-maybe even before the VCAA letter comes -since they are denying claims before sending …

    

    Last reply by Berta, January 16, 2007
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    Right To Get Lawyers 1 2

    December 15, 2006 by Berta

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    http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Veterans...orney_1215.html I got this flash from the NVLSP web site-as a link- but have nothing from either VA media or senate news- Anyone else got a confirmation out there? I am sure it is true -and NVLSP confirmed it- still- this was a voice vote- Here is a glitch: "However, the Act did not pass Congress in its original form. As written, the package would have allowed veterans to hire attorneys at any stage of the VA claims process and would have included the initial filing of a claim. In the end, the final draft allows veterans to hire an attorney only after the initial claim is denied by the VA. An attorney can then…

    

    Last reply by Stretch, January 11, 2007
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    A Cavc Lawyer Agreed To Take My Case

    January 5, 2007 by chief 313

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    jill mitchell cavc lawyer reviewed all information medical ,r/o decisions,drs opinions ect. she got upset after reading some decisions and said how can they deny this? ms mitchell is writing a review of what the decisionsand all evidencefor january 19 th personal hearing in waco.also agreed to take my case to bva if needed.anyones thoughts? best regards chief 313

    

    Last reply by Alex, January 5, 2007
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    Imo From Medopinions - Going For It!

    December 30, 2006 by Josephine

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    I am so sorry to run this in the ground. I need to know exactly what I need to sent to this group. I did the research on the IMO, but I couldn't find much to help me. When we speak of SMR'S- do I need to sent my dental records, as this is costing me. If I only sent 150 sheets, they will lower their price to $2000 and not the original $2900. Do I sent a copy of my DD-214? My niece, the DRO, said to send everything in my claims file. I haven't the foggest ideal of what all they have in that file. Do I sent the remand from the BVA? The letter from the AMC? Copies of the two C&P examinations by the Va? A copy of my Pension- denied due to excessive,…

    

    Last reply by Josephine, December 30, 2006