I Won 100% Sc Back To 1995

[jtg1966]

got a call from my atty today...he said that i won 100%sc p&t back to 1995 with retro of 352,000.00...

i just got 50% back in janurary for bipolar....but the DRO lied about the effective date i.e...the director of the st pete varo sent 2 letters to my congressmen rep and senator stating that i was inappeal...the dro ignored that and just gave me back to the date of those letters....also my 50% award was based on inpatient clinical records spanning the last 55 days of service which i spent in a psych ward.....

with that said...i've been calling and writing everyone i could think of....the Secretary, the Congressmen, the VAOIG, the VAOGC...the press....i've called the Secretary everyday since the janurary award complaining about the VA lying to congress and how that is a crime under title 18, chapter 47, sec. 1001....i'd gone to the US attorney and the FBI, requesting that charges be filed...and then out of the blue....they called my atty...and I won back to my original claim in 1995 under 38 cfr 3.156© ...

haven't rec'd the money yet...but the atty assures me that it should be forthcoming by 04/09/

I won I won I won....dancing around nakedly...

after the atty's 30 pieces of silver i'll get in the neighborhood of 290,000.00 (that oughtta cover a house, a new motorcycle, several "escorts", and a new car) that's a joke mostly....i am planning on buying a house because as a 100%sc p&t vet i'm tax exempt as far as property taxes go, and i've been homeless on and off since service...i want a motorcyle, I plan on buying a used one...and i need a new car, because my current one is a jalopy...

I haven't rec'd the money yet...but the atty assures me that it should be forthcoming by 04/09

I'm still kind of in shock...I WON a 15 year battle with them SOB's...I won...holy cow batman...

Edited March 31, 2010 by jtg1966

[Berta]

"anyone ever heard of a situation like this'

Not me.Not quite-

I myself have gone through many of the entities you did- and finally 10 months after getting my award letter , due to the OGC's involvement (they blew me off at first but I persevered)-I finally received my DIC retro back to 1994 a few weeks ago.

I had to put pressure on the VA REPS office in St Louis yesterday.

They have had my REPS app for months-and the VA has already established my eligibility but still no money in the mail.

Yesterday found out the VA REPS guy can't read.I raised all sorts of hell.

His boss said I would have a proper resolve today.I think his boss can read.

My point is , as a widow -the VA has screwed up and stalled on every claim I have ever had. At some point I get tough with them as long as the regs and evidence is completely on my side.

But it seems to me you took extraordinary steps that could have provoked a US Marshall to knock on your door-

so it pays to fight for what is ours but these days it also is important not to appear to be threatening or excessive in pressuring the VA.

"So today i get a call from my lawyer, stating that he has been notified by the RO that they are granting me 100%sc P&T back to 1995, ...which is when i actually filed my first claim (but they'd never pulled in my clinical records from the service until oct 09)...

that i was going to receive 352,000.00 in retro by 04/09....

Now we didn't file the NOD until last week...

anyone ever heard of a situation like this"

No-definitely not-

no comment at all on that one from me. except

[sunfish34]

WOW congrats on the big win, I am so glad to hear that ,,, Maybe there is hope for my husband's claims yet, we have been waiting three years, again CONGRATS,,

[Vync]

Congratulations!

That's awesome!

Rofl, escorts...

[tssnave]

Congrats on the win!!

TS Snave

Edited March 31, 2010 by tssnave

[carlie]

Congrats.

Spend the retro wisely.

I would try to get VBA to pay or re-imburse me

for the attorneys fees.

jmho,

carlie

[john999]

Congrats! If I was you I would put that money in the bank for a few months until you get a very definite plan about how you are going to manage it. If you start spending it as soon as you get it then it will be gone in a few months and you will have no emergency fund. You need one is you are going to buy a house. I would do my best to live off my compensation. If you can't live off your compensation then you are spending too much. Car, bike, house....these are all big ticket items. I would take a few hundred dollars and go see a fee only financial planner. That money has to last you the rest of your life along with your compensation. If you have a few hundred grand in a safe place you will sleep soundly knowing it.