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Caluza Triangle defines what is necessary for service connection
Tbird posted a record in VA Claims and Benefits Information,
Caluza Triangle – Caluza vs Brown defined what is necessary for service connection. See COVA– CALUZA V. BROWN–TOTAL RECALL
This has to be MEDICALLY Documented in your records:
Current Diagnosis. (No diagnosis, no Service Connection.)
In-Service Event or Aggravation.
Nexus (link- cause and effect- connection) or Doctor’s Statement close to: “The Veteran’s (current diagnosis) is at least as likely due to x Event in military service”-
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Post in ICD Codes and SCT CODES?WHAT THEY MEAN?
Timothy cawthorn posted an answer to a question,
Do the sct codes help or hurt my disability ratingPicked By
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Post in Chevron Deference overruled by Supreme Court
broncovet posted a post in a topic,
VA has gotten away with (mis) interpreting their ambigious, , vague regulations, then enforcing them willy nilly never in Veterans favor.
They justify all this to congress by calling themselves a "pro claimant Veteran friendly organization" who grants the benefit of the doubt to Veterans.
This is not true,
Proof:
About 80-90 percent of Veterans are initially denied by VA, pushing us into a massive backlog of appeals, or worse, sending impoverished Veterans "to the homeless streets" because when they cant work, they can not keep their home. I was one of those Veterans who they denied for a bogus reason: "Its been too long since military service". This is bogus because its not one of the criteria for service connection, but simply made up by VA. And, I was a homeless Vet, albeit a short time, mostly due to the kindness of strangers and friends.
Hadit would not be necessary if, indeed, VA gave Veterans the benefit of the doubt, and processed our claims efficiently and paid us promptly. The VA is broken.
A huge percentage (nearly 100 percent) of Veterans who do get 100 percent, do so only after lengthy appeals. I have answered questions for thousands of Veterans, and can only name ONE person who got their benefits correct on the first Regional Office decision. All of the rest of us pretty much had lengthy frustrating appeals, mostly having to appeal multiple multiple times like I did.
I wish I know how VA gets away with lying to congress about how "VA is a claimant friendly system, where the Veteran is given the benefit of the doubt". Then how come so many Veterans are homeless, and how come 22 Veterans take their life each day? Va likes to blame the Veterans, not their system.Picked By
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Post in Re-embursement for non VA Medical care.
broncovet posted an answer to a question,
Welcome to hadit!
There are certain rules about community care reimbursement, and I have no idea if you met them or not. Try reading this:
https://www.va.gov/resources/getting-emergency-care-at-non-va-facilities/
However, (and I have no idea of knowing whether or not you would likely succeed) Im unsure of why you seem to be so adamant against getting an increase in disability compensation.
When I buy stuff, say at Kroger, or pay bills, I have never had anyone say, "Wait! Is this money from disability compensation, or did you earn it working at a regular job?" Not once. Thus, if you did get an increase, likely you would have no trouble paying this with the increase compensation.
However, there are many false rumors out there that suggest if you apply for an increase, the VA will reduce your benefits instead.
That rumor is false but I do hear people tell Veterans that a lot. There are strict rules VA has to reduce you and, NOT ONE of those rules have anything to do with applying for an increase.
Yes, the VA can reduce your benefits, but generally only when your condition has "actually improved" under ordinary conditions of life.
Unless you contacted the VA within 72 hours of your medical treatment, you may not be eligible for reimbursement, or at least that is how I read the link, I posted above. Here are SOME of the rules the VA must comply with in order to reduce your compensation benefits:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/3.344
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Post in What is the DIC timeline?
broncovet posted an answer to a question,
Good question.
Maybe I can clear it up.
The spouse is eligible for DIC if you die of a SC condition OR any condition if you are P and T for 10 years or more. (my paraphrase).
More here:
Source:
https://www.va.gov/disability/dependency-indemnity-compensation/
NOTE: TO PROVE CAUSE OF DEATH WILL LIKELY REQUIRE AN AUTOPSY. This means if you die of a SC condtion, your spouse would need to do an autopsy to prove cause of death to be from a SC condtiond. If you were P and T for 10 full years, then the cause of death may not matter so much.Picked By
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allan
fwd from Tom Trefts
DSNurse@aol.com wrote:
From: DSNurse@aol.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:15:45 EDT
Subject: CIRCULATE TO ALL
To: tomcat6169@yahoo.com
Dear Gulf War veterans, Family members, Supporters and Medical Personnel,
There are several meetings coming up of critical importance and we need people to come!
There is also a website that all should know about and utlize. WE have been trying to collect all the obituaries we can find to honor the gulf war veterans that came home in 90-91 and are ill and to draw attention to the problems of health that we face. By keeping an eye on data from obits we can also examine problems that have not been addressed by the RAC and researchers, it serves as clues to be brought forward to be investigated. We want this information out and fully available not only to look at for clues, to alert medical professionals of other areas to be monitoring the gulf war vets(90-91) actively, and to provide knowledge to our veterans and their families and to the survivors. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
You can help by sending in obits you find in your papers in your area. You can help by getting the website known to other veterans, medical personnel, and Researchers. I believe this is showing what many of us have known that this is real! The gulf war veterans are very physically ill and are dying too early in life. WE need our nation's attention. WE need our Doctors and medical professionals attention. We need our researchers full efforts to find answers to help. We need medical professionals both military, VA and civilians to be fully aware of all facts and statistics. WE need them to think outside the box and reach out to help us. WE need them to consider other diagnostic steps to take and what coud help us. WE need the medical professionals also educate and informed more openly than has been occurring. WE need to look at alternatives which includes vitamin and nutritional supplements that could be helpful.
WE need help now!
WE need your input and communications! WE need the veterans to speak up what has happenned to you in clinical care what would have helped from your perspective. We need to know also about any benefit problems. WE need the families and survivors of those that are ill or have died to send in info. I will gladly help to be sure the info gets there. You may want to send in info as soon as we have details on how the committee wants that done. But I would encourage sending a copy to me because I am looking to present suggestions for how things can be made better by using everyone experience and I will be sure that the committee does pay attention and not just loose the input in a black box that we all wonder what happens to that flow of information that is never made public.
I can be reached at DSNurse1@yahoo.com or by phone 303-422-2962(H) and always available by 303-726-0738(cell).
Here is the other specific information:
Review honorthenames.com for list of gulf war obits that we are collecting we have 2,500
MY NEW EMAIL is DSNurse1@yahoo.com
I am going to ask veterans to help in a very specific request.
The gulf war veterans have pushed and gotten a Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War illness and the work they are doing is helping. Their next meeting is Sept 15-16 in Washington DC. Their next big report will be released in DC at the VA headquarters on September 16th! We need all veterans notified! WE need a huge attendance inside and outside of the meeting!
Inside you will hear the details of the work that has been ongoing since 2002. The first report was in November 2004 and this report coming will truly be significant!
We need all veterans to be notified this will be OPEN MEETING.
WE Need veterans on the outside to carry posters like GULF WAR VETERANS NEED HELP NOW! GULF WAR VETERANS DO NOT HAVE STRESS BUT EXPOSURES AFFECTING THEIR HEALTH.
WE truly need everyone's help NOW.
Their website is http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/
Email me if you need more info DSNurse1@yahoo.com
WE need our vietnam veterans help! Can you make it happen?
WE need our gulf war veterans to get out of their bunkers!
We also have a new committee under the VA that will meet in DC on June 17-19. See the federal registry notice at end of posting for details!!!!!
WE NEED GULF WAR VETERANS TO BE THERE--------WE need family members----------WE need Vietnam Veterans........WE need all supporters
SO WE need all to be aware of these two meeting DATES and help us get the information to all veterans. Both meeting are in WASHINGTON DC ! If you are coming please let us know...email me DSNurse1@yahoo.com or call me(303-422-2962 0r 303-726-0738)! WE can share room costs, look out for each other, get there together etc.....
VA Names Members of Gulf War Veterans Advisory CommitteeMay 13, 2008
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Printable Version)Secretary Peake to Hear Their Concerns, Issues
WASHINGTON -- Veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during 1990â€"1991 will have their own special advocates before Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake, thanks to a new advisory committee Peake established to respond to issues unique to them.
The 14-member, independent panel will advise the Secretary and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on the full range of health care and benefits needs of those who served in the conflict.
“Gulf War veterans made an invaluable contribution to national security and peace in a volatile region,†Peake said. “This new panel will ensure that VA benefits and programs adapt to the needs of these veterans, just as our services have adapted for veterans of other conflicts.â€
Serving on the committee are Gulf War and other veterans, veterans service organizations’ representatives, medical experts, and the survivors of Gulf War veterans. Members were selected to provide a variety of perspectives, experiences and expertise.
The committee will be chaired by Charles Cragin, a retired Navy captain, who has had several senior level positions within the federal government, including Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and Chairman of VA’s Board of Veterans’ Appeals.
In January 2002, the Department created an advisory committee to assist VA’s secretary on research into the medical problems of Gulf War veterans. That older committee will retain responsibility for research involving veterans of the 1990-1991 conflict in the Middle East .
This committee’s first meeting will be held in mid-June in Washington , D.C. It is expected to complete its work within 18 months. Committee meetings will be open to the public.
A list of the members of VA’s Gulf War Advisory Committee is attached.
Membership
VA Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans
Charles Cragin, (Chair) of Raymond , Maine . Currently serves a senior counselor for Maine Street Solutions, LLC.
Martha Douthit of Ashburn , Va. Surviving spouse of Gulf War Army veteran, member of the Gold Star Wives of America, currently an international trade analyst with the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Dr. Henry Falk of Atlanta . Retired rear admiral and former Assistant U.S. Surgeon General. Currently director for the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Mark Garner of Lorton , Va. A retired Marine Corps chief warrant officer-three and Gulf War veteran who served as a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Officer.
Dr. Lynn Goldman of Chevy Chase , Md. Vice chair of the Institute of Medicine Gulf War and Health Study; currently professor of environmental health sciences at Johns Hopkins University .
Dr. John Hart of Plano , Texas . Past president of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology, currently professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
William (Rusty) Jones of South Riding, Va. Retired Marine Corps colonel, and veteran of Gulf War and Vietnam War.
Kirt Love of Crawford , Texas . An Army veteran of the Gulf War, currently serving as director of the Desert Storm Battle Registry.
Daniel Ortiz of Whittier , Calif. An Army veteran of the Gulf War, currently serving as department service director with the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Daniel Pinedo of Oceanside , Calif. Marine Corps colonel currently serving as the comptroller for First Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton , Calif.
Thomas Plewes of Annandale , Va. A retired Army lieutenant general and former chief of the Army Reserve. Currently a senior program officer with National Academy of Sciences.
Valerie Randall of Savage, Md. A retired Army sergeant first class; currently with the Department of Homeland Security.
Edward (Randy) Reese of Washington , D.C. An Army veteran of the Gulf War; currently national service director for the Disabled American Veterans.
Steve Robertson of Fredericksburg , Va. A Gulf War veteran who served both in the Air Force and Army National Guard. Currently director of the national legislative commission for The American Legion.
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http://www1.va.gov/advisory/docs/CharterGu...ns4-24-2008.pdf
URGENT NEW COMMITTEE STARTS MEETING::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans will hold its first meeting on June 17-19, 2008 at The Hamilton Crowne Plaza, 1001 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC. The session on June 17 will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 4 p.m. On June 18 and 19, the sessions will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.
The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on issues that are unique to veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the 1990-1991 period of the Gulf War.
At the meeting, there will be presentations and discussion from the Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans Health Administration, National Cemetery Administration, and the Board of Veterans' Appeals. There will also be discussion of upcoming Committee activities.
The meeting will include time reserved for public comments. Individuals wishing to speak must register not later than June 10, 2008, by contacting Lelia Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or by e-mail at lelia.jackson@..., and by submitting 1-2 page summaries of their comments for inclusion in the official record. Public comments will be limited to five minutes each. Members of the public may also submit written statements for the Committee's review to the Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Public comments will be received on June 18 at 2:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. and on June 19 at 3:30 p.m.-4 p.m. A sign-in sheet will be available each day.
Any member of the public seeking additional information should contact Laura O'Shea, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-5765.
Dated: May 27, 2008.
By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-12238 Filed 6-2-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8320-01-M
Thomas W. Trefts
Director of The Unified Veterans Coalition
http://xsorbit27.com/users5/unifiedveteranscoalition/index.php
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