Tbird

I hope you get to feeling better soon. VA been running me down too, take care.

Thanks. It's that damn Catch 22 that I always seem to fall in. ugh :)

Seems it's the cracks I always fall into it... either cracks or catch 22. Best.

I simply loved that Tbird! That little clip was just great.

Thanks Chu Lai, I really liked it. Especially since when I started talking about creating the site. Folks told me I was crazy, maybe so, maybe not.

why would my claim be sent to authorization team macalm3@mswn.com

i have lost my energy for half of my life.. I can barely function.. I drag on every day only wanting ot lay down and rest,, to odrained to function,, can't sleep the whole time, and can barely move without chronic pain, fatigue, and just dragging my dead bones arouds.. some disease between my pancrease, muscle disease,, dystrophy... and eveything drains me so bad I wonder who and why I continue to survive,, it's maddening..

I just wanted to let everyone know they existed thanks thanks for being awesome 

Good evening, TBird,

I would like to first thank you for creating this site.  The impact this site has on our veteran disability claims experience cannot be expressed in mere words.  I read about why you started this site and I am just thankful that you followed your heart because it is helping so many of us that just need guidance from tried and true experiences from disability warriors.

I would like to ask a question and hopefully you can provide some guidance or assistance.  Do you know whether or not the VA considers lay evidence coming directly from a veteran to further corroborate their claim such as a print out of side effects of their medication for a SC'd condition?   Example:  A vet already has an IMO nexus letter for claimed conditions, but the vet wants to take it a step further by providing printed medical literature that is given with the medication that is prescribed if this granular level of detail is not contained in the nexus letter already?.  Especially, if the medications have the exact side effects of the secondary conditions being complained of?

if my VA PC sent me to a pulmonary specialist and my fvc was 40.2 pred. and my fev 1 was 38.3 would that rate me at least 60% . I called my poa and said they had left me at 30% need advise. thanx

that's awesome! i started new meds the other day and spent 6 hours sleeping yesterday....you lay down to take a nap and *POOF* its 3 hours later. surreal.