Tbird

i quote rental here "If you want to exercise your political freedoms, go out on your front porch and scream, or write a letter to the editor. This will not be tolerated here. If you desire to to say that he is charging a high price that is fine, but implying that he is screwing veterans is slanderous." hotcoffee you need to calm down a bit, i know you are under a lot of pressure, but please don't take it out on other folks on the board. i've got it you think dr bash isn't worth the money you say he charges, fine. that's your opinion, other veterans have been helped by him. you can feel free to take this up in email with me, but i stand by rental's call.

i think rental addresses the issues very well. i've never heard of a veteran being able to request another c and p exam, unless they appeal and the va schedules an additional c and p. i also agree the law is the law, horse or no horse, we can not work from anything but what the law says.

carlie call me and i'll show you how to set up a poll on the boards

thanks rockhound and a happy thanksgiving to you!

phillipe - i think this forum will be very helpful for you http://www.pebforum.com/ it is setup to deal with exactly what you are going through. definitely use hadit.com also, but check this forum out because dealing with a meb is a bit different than the va and i want you to get the best advice possible. tbird

congratulations, don't forget any co-pays you have made are refundable back to your retroactive date, contact your local va patient affairs, 50% pays no co-pays and it is retroactive also.

sent mine!

that is strange, is the problem still happening?

mark glad to have you aboard - time does fly, i can't believe i've doing this for 11 years.

when i got my mortgage they told me if you are 100% service connected veteran who is p and t, gets the fee waived. they waived it for me after i provided a letter from the va. not sure about 1151 veterans.

i hate vista, me too! i like macs, if you have to have windows, xp is probably better than vista, on my mac i run xp in a window on the mac so it gives me the best of both worlds.

this has worked for me call the local va hospital and ask to speak to the psychiatrist on duty. it really helped me when i needed it.

i'm going to the doc this month, and will try and ask for something to help relieve the symptoms, i can ask for an mri but i doubt they will give me one, but i'll give it a try.

burning, pins, and needles pain top left thigh anybody have this? especially bad at night keeps me awake or will wake me up, this has been going on over a year i think, and i thought it would go away on it's on, but no luck so far, going to the doc later this month, i think she will say probably a pinched nerve, lose weight. but if anyone else knows what this is, please clue me in, so i can ask good questions at the exam. my left knee seems to be afu these days also hear a sound and then it kind of locks up on me, i'm hoping they can give me a cane for someone my height, i have one but it's for a taller person and i'm 5' though i think i might do better with a walking stick. sorry to go on, it just driving me crazy, sometimes i walk with the damn cane and my knee doesn't go out, then i quit walking with the cane and the knee does go out. i can not get down the basement stairs anymore and right now my niece is coming over to do my laundry, i really need to start throughing some cash her way. but if she can't come, no laundry for me. just frustrated, when i think of what some of you folks are going through, i sound like a cry baby oh my leg hurts, big deal, suck it up. but would like to know if others have this

welcome aboard try this website http://www.veteranscorp.org/

VA Secretary Establishes ALS as a Presumptive Compensable Illness September 23, 2008 (Printable Version) Cites Association between Military Service and Later Development of ALS WASHINGTON – Veterans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may receive badly-needed support for themselves and their families after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that ALS will become a presumptively compensable illness for all veterans with 90 days or more of continuously active service in the military. “Veterans are developing ALS in rates higher than the general population, and it was appropriate to take action,” Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake said. Secretary Peake based his decision primarily on a November 2006 report by the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the association between active-duty service and ALS. “We are extremely grateful to Secretary Peake, Congressman Henry Brown and Senator Lindsey Graham for standing on the side of veterans with ALS across the country,” said Gary Leo, president and CEO of The ALS Association. “Thanks to their leadership, veterans with ALS will receive the benefits and care they need, when they need them. Thanks to their efforts, no veteran with ALS will ever be left behind.” The report, titled Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Veterans: Review of the Scientific Literature, analyzed numerous previous studies on the issue and concluded that “there is limited and suggestive evidence of an association between military service and later development of ALS.” “ALS is a disease that progresses rapidly, once it is diagnosed,” the Secretary explained. “There simply isn’t time to develop the evidence needed to support compensation claims before many veterans become seriously ill. My decision will make those claims much easier to process, and for them and their families to receive the compensation they have earned through their service to our nation.” ALS, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neuromuscular disease that affects about 20,000 to 30,000 people of all races and ethnicities in the United States, is often relentlessly progressive, and is almost always fatal. ALS causes degeneration of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that leads to muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, and spontaneous muscle activity. Currently, the cause of ALS is unknown, and there is no effective treatment. The new interim final regulation applies to all applications for benefits received by VA on or after September 23, 2008, or that are pending before VA, the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, or the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on that date. VA will work to identify and contact veterans with ALS, including those whose claims for ALS were previously denied, through direct mailings and other outreach programs. To view the entire regulation published in the Federal Register today, go to: www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2008-21998_PI.pdf. For more information on VA’s disability compensation program, go to www.va.gov or contact 1-800-827-1000.

excellent news, thanks for sharing with us

Reorganized forums, we have many now and rentalguy1 suggested breaking them down and it seems to make sense to me, i hope you find it helpful. and yes i know everyone hates change, but sometimes change is for the good, i think this one is.

personality disorder and adjustment disorder are two different things, adjustment disorder is compensated, personality disorder is not. so i think you must be 50% for adjustment disorder, if this is the case and your discharge papers states personality disorder, it seems you would be able to get that changed, i could be wrong, others please chime in. we have at least one ex pat besides you down colombia way.

great to hear from christopher, congrats on that!

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i'm with everyone else, call him and ask him what the decision was, i mean geez, what an idiot. also you can try calling the va 800-827-1000 and ask them what the status of the claim is. do these folks not know we are on pins and needles waiting for decision, some of us teetering on the edge, i mean what the heck kind of letter is that, i agree but i'm not telling you, stupid.

congratulations...take some time and try and relax, it is difficult at first, but it will come. chapter 35 is great. what ever you can do to make your life more manageable is worth taking a look at. and last but certainly not least, enjoy your life and your family it is blessing.

i am so relieved for you, it must have taken a hell of a burden off all 3 of you. thank you for your service and your husbands service. make sure you check out any state benefits available to you and also you may be able to get a grant to adapt your home for his needs. really this is just well i can't find a word for it but it's good hang in sister and give your husband a strong salute and a hug for me.

you are not alone, not only risky, but to the va it could be construed as fraud and that opens a can a worms...i mean come on it's called un-employabilty and here's the concern any time a veteran comes here and asks can i work while being unemployable, raises a flag with many of us, and we want to be sure the veteran understands gainful employment, for instance a veteran needs something to do and volunteers or works in a family type thing or sheltered workshop, there are other exceptions, well that's one thing, but if someone comes here and is asking how to game the system they have come to the wrong place. i'm not saying this is what this particular post is doing, it justs brings up the same questions as always and let's just talk about the big pink elephant in the room, getting tdiu and working a real job is a no go.