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

[jtg1966]

Yeah thanks for the money management info...i've got to work on something...I think i'm a no go on check systems though...4 years ago while i was homeless, i overdrafted my checking account by something like $800(check card overdraft fees...i was buying soda refills and food at 7-11 and it was authorizing the charges, I thought i had the money, turns out the VA had shorted my check by 160 for unpaid copays, i had filled out a means test but it wasn't applied somehow so i got hit with the overdraft fees of 740, and actual charges of 60 dollars)....so i'll have to clear that up first...before opening new accounts...( i currently get my ssdi and va comp to a payee account, when i was first awarded ssdi they required a payee, and so i went and opened an account with my sister as the payee...i no longer require a payee, so i use the account for my benefits...but i don't have a debit card or checks for the account and sometimes have trouble getting the money out, because my sister is the only person that is supposed to be able to withdraw from the account, with that said, my sister has never taken out a dime...every few months a teller will realize that it's a payee account and refuse me money from the account)

also while we're on the subject...my credit score is 491, mostly unpaid medical...a student loan, and a credit card that i opened in 2006, but I didn't realize or remember that they charged something like 160.00 to the card for enrollment fees and program fees...when i got my first bill, and realized that all of the charges amounted to almost the entire card limit...i cut up the card and called and cancelled the card...apparently they didn't cancel the card because now the debt is like 700.00...unpaid....

will the VA pay the unpaid medical bills now that they SC'd me back to 1995.... All of the medical bills are psych related, which i am now SC'd for....

also anyone got any ideas about how to clean up my credit? i plan to pay off the student loan and the credit card...

and berta...yeah i am a little surprised that the US Marshall didn't come a knockin'... but it appears that i won... I'll believe it when the money hits my account and i get the award letter....

[Pete53]

JTG it will be fairly easy to have your student loan forgiven, With the amount of money you have pay your bills and might think of getting a secured credit card and be sure to pay the bill on time.

It won't happen overnight but I had some bad nicks and shortly after I got money from VA my credit score went up

My suggestion is to go to someone who helps people get a Mortgage and they will show you how to fix your credit score.

Good Luck

PS You don;t have to buy a home if you don't want to and last tip is that anyone you owe money to will usually negotiate to take less sometimes between 30% and 70%. They will mark you as paid.

[jtg1966]

i ask this again the money yet...but the atty assures me that it should be forthcoming by 04/09/ APRIL 2009 CORRECT JUST ASKING OR APRIL 09, 2010

the atty said the money should arrive by 04/09/10 (sorry i assumed that that was understood)

[jtg1966]

UPDATE!!!!!

The money 282,000.00 was given to finace yesterday...the atty says that i will receive it by no later than next wednesday via direct deposit...

the reason for the award is that the RO CUE'd itself....

even my atty isn't sure what's going on...I think my harressing the VA to a nearly criminal level paid off...

I'm going to appeal the 70,000.00 in fees as being unreasonable since the atty didn't assert CUE, but i did back in 03/09...

the only thing the atty did was file the fee agreement, a NOD (40 days after i filed one myself)...and a request for my c-file (which he hasn't gotten yet)...

[Pete53]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you would be better off if Attorney could get VA to pay him and I doubt that cause he will want the 72,000 now.

72,000 is the amount of 20% of your total award and the remaining 80% is correct. I did the math.

If I was in your shoes after all the time wasted trying to get it done I would take the money and do some nice things for self and family and move on down the road. If VA got wind of this before the money is sent out could cause more delays.

Maybe others will chime in but the long and short of ity is if you signed a contract with the attorney and won they will get their money.

[Josephine]

We were both in the same situation. I was paid back 16 years retro.

No lawyer was involved, but some darn good brains here on Hadit.

For them I shall always be grateful and many thanks to all of you.

I would definitely make sure the lawyer received his money and I would purchase my home

and the new car and save some money and live life and be Happy!

This is only from my experience.

Always,

Betty