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http://cfr.vlex.com/...ations-19775463
well that is what it says.. but I've seen those over 55 go for reexams all the time.. so ?????
i am 70 and IU and over 60 and asked for PT and they wanted a re exam so i took out my claim
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Oh Carlie, just when I was down in the dumps your little "YIP-PEE !" just sent me into a giggle. Thanks, I needed that! You can bet I'm going to work on the high percentage items first. That last 10% is always the toughest!!
usmc89: I'm already sc'd for IBS, they just denied my increase. Apparently they aren't convinced since I don't go to the doctor every time I have cramps and such. I don't think the rater interpreted my medical records or C&P exam correctly as I definitely fit the rating criteria for the increase. I'm even on meds to control the diarrhea. "Rater Blindness" strikes again.
Reddit: I was denied the sleep apnea due to a couple of screw ups. First, my VSO apparently decided to claim that my sleep apnea was secondary to polyarthralgia (joint pain) which is absurd. It should have been claimed under the Gulf War presumptives as a respiratory and sleep problem and submitted along with the abundance of evidence available online that clearly demonstrates sleep apnea is a noted problem in GWV's. Secondly, the C&P exam I had for sleep apnea was totally incompetent. I have a thread outlining that whole deal in the C&P Questions forum. I suggest you find it and read it so you don't get hosed like I did. In summary, they sent me for the C&P before the sleep doctor had even written up the diagnosis for obstructive sleep apnea from my sleep study and put me on a CPAP. The doctor basically pencil whipped the entire exam and said that my sleep apnea was not service connected (again, despite the presumptives and evidence). So I will be writing up the appeal myself and supplying evidence from various studies to give to my VSO to submit. I will be challenging the competence of the exam and correcting the reasons for service connection. I should have been granted 50% according to the rating schedule which would have put me right over the top to 100%.
As for the IU, their reasoning for denial is just ridiculous. First, they shrink said that, based on my 70% rating for PTSD/depression, that I should be able to work as long as I don't have a job that does not "involve significant social interaction or frequent complex problem solving or other complex cognitive tasks" (In other words, they said I can work at the VBA...hah.) They completely ignored the statement that the shrink included in the same exam that said "however, when taking into account his physical ailments such as migraines and IBS, it may be difficult for him to maintain full time employment." I guess they only use the parts of the exam that they want
They also stated that I had earned enough money to show "gainful employment." In the last two years my meager income was well below the US government guidelines for poverty and, according to CFR 38, is considered marginal employment. So in this case I can also challenge the fact that they ignored their own regulations as well as ignoring my C&P exams. Not only did the shrink indicate that I may not be able to work, the medical doctor indicated that it would be very difficult for me to hold down a full time job due to my frequent absences due to migraines. They chose to ignore that statement as well. Unless I'm just stupid and wishful, this appeal should be a slam dunk if it is written properly.
But, mostly, THANK YOU to all of you. I'm happy for the 10% increase. Even a little victory is a victory!
Pete
i had the same problem till the doctor said ok he can do some very simple jobs but he can not do ANY jobs full time
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Last month I received an increase from 50 to 70% for PTSD. I have been going to the Vet Center for over two years. I only go once a month and I can't stand going there. Just before I got my increase for PTSD I told my VSO at the DAV that I wanted to pack it in at the Vet Center. She said you don't have to go if you don't want to. I said that I am getting nothing out of it. I still go to the VA for meds every two months and I think that is enough for me.
The last time I was at the Vet Center I told my guy that I had a C&P coming up for PTSD and he said why? I said for an increase and he kind of scoffed at that.Well all I can say is
say is F*** him. I'm finished with him and the center and its time to move on.
Bill
i feel you i have been seeing a shrink now most times 2 time a month and this started in 2000 and i have nothing more to say... i am just burned out talking about anything i finally stoped this last july the doctor calls me and says i missed you ... i said dont take this wrong but you have drained me of all my thoughts and i just dread coming to your office as i have nothing to say ...
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i also had a hard time as they throw out them jobs like folding sheets , or working at a gas station as ( he can still do this ) but my doctor said sure he can do these simple jobs he just cant do them more then 4 hours a day ... seems the rule is you must be able to work full time..
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Eligibility issues of course would need to be upheld just like with the VA. Joe shmoe who never served would not be eligible for VA disability. So the requirements would all need to be met by whomever is filing BUT if it was a vet and he/she was already 100% by VA then it would be automatic for SSDI.
All this bill would do in the end would mean the vet would not have to go through pretty much the same evaluation again.
The only down fall I see in accepting something like this is someone coming up with the big idea lets make ssdi and VA the same!!
i agree with you this gives them an in... to take away i thought they were two totally different systems
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I would think anything is possible as long as the down payment is high enough to please the bank... years ago being self employed to the banks was like being a wild child who paid only when they felt like ...as i was self employed for most of my life ( did not work well with others..)) i always had to put down at least 20% and they basically did not care what my income was .. these days i bet if you put 30 to 35% down you will be able to start over... first i would start by asking questions of the places that place VA loans they even have a NO funding fee for disabled vets
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Thanks NK I know you can, but if I recall didn't you do your own SSD claim? I will try to write what they said and then provide what is in my medical file. I hope it's not overwhelming.
They wrote the denial as follows. You said that you are unable to work because of headaches, difficulty sleeping, pain in back, knees anxiety, depression, nausea, vision confusion and tachycardia. Although you have pain and discomfort in your back and knees , you can move well enough to do some types of work. Your nausea, headaches , and difficulty sleeping has not caused any disabling effects on your general health. Your heart condition has not caused severe problems with your general health. You can see well enough to work. While your anxiety and depression keep you from doing stressful and complex types of work, you can do simple and routine work. Your medical condition prevents you from doing your past work, but it does not prevent you from doing other work which is less demanding.
That is what the letter says was the basis of the denial. Here are my medical conditions, and what I said on their questionnaire. The headaches and difficulty sleeping is from my sleep apnea, I have knee pain in both my kness which don't allow me to walk more than a half block. I can not stand for more than ten/fifteen minutes without back spasms and knees giving out. What job can I stand for fifteen minutes and then lay down for forty? I can't sit for longer than fifteen minutes without back spasms and my knees locking up. My anxiety and depression causes me to avoid people to the point I only leave the house for doctor's appt's, and then I have to take a klonopin to get through it. I don't make my own meals, I don't do my own laundry, my wife pays the bills, I have to have her around because I'm unstable in the shower and can't get up if I'm in the tub. Lastly I had a pacemaker put in because I was passing out, that was supposed to fix the problem; it didn't I still pass out without warning. It has happened sitting, standing, walking. God forbid it ever were to happen should I try do drive anymore. While I run tachy at times I also have periods where my heart stops its been documented while I was in the hospital before they put the pacer in with defibrillation. I don't know what they mean by less demanding work, I could be a greeter at walmart, what jobs are they talking about that I can do. Thanks for the support and advice in advance.
/doc
i received almost the same letter and appealed and won at the AJ ... what went in my favor is the doctor said sure he can do some task but he can do NO task full time ....
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51,
For $6500 I will follow you around for a month making sure you only eat lettuce. No travel or surgery required!!
Hamslice
that could work except i take a dim look at anyone who seems to be following me .... i live in the philippines so the travel was easy on a car ride away... i have spent a lot more then that over the years on diets.. and cloths i can now wear the cloths i have from the 80ss who knows maybe they will come back into style..
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after being on a diet off and on for 30 years i gave up and had a vertical sleeve done i paid for it myself in the philippines cost me about 6,500 dollars lost 75 lbs or from my 295 lbs and have keep it off for 2 years for me it was a great investment... i was in the hospital 3 days...
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ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Andrew Taylor, Associated Press – Thu Feb 10, 6:35 pm ET
WASHINGTON – Piling cuts on top of cuts, House Republican leaders outlined an additional $26 billion in spending reductions on Thursday in hopes of placating conservatives who rejected an initial draft as too timid.
Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., in charge of drafting the legislation, said he had proposed "deep but manageable cuts in nearly every area of government."
No details were immediately available, but the move would cut current spending in hundreds of federal programs by about $60 billion, resulting in levels in effect in 2008.
By Republican reckoning, the new measure would reduce spending by $100 billion below Obama's request for the current fiscal year, a number they had promised to meet in the "Pledge to America," their manifesto in the 2010 campaign. The actual cuts from current rates are less because the $100 billion promise assumes Obama budget increases that were never enacted.
Rogers, R-Ky., had warned only Wednesday that such cuts could lead to layoffs of FBI agents and harm to the nation's air traffic control system. He also warned of cuts to health research, special education and Pell Grants for low-income college students.
Thursday's announcement caps a long struggle among Republicans over what they meant exactly when promising to cut $100 billion last year in their Pledge to America. At the center of the debate has been the fact that the budget year began Oct. 1 and the government has been spending money at last year's levels since then. A stopgap government funding bill expires March 4.
That makes it much harder to keep the promise since it squeezes a year's worth of cuts into seven months. Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, had earlier promised to spread the cuts over a calendar year, with the upcoming spending bill making a significant down payment in advance of another round of cuts as Congress hashes out next year's appropriations bills.
"We will meet our pledge to America," Boehner said, adding that the upcoming legislation will "send a signal that we're serious about cutting spending here in Washington."
But rank-and-file Republicans, many of whom have little hands-on knowledge of the budget and the impact the cuts will have on programs popular with their constituents, insisted on keeping the $100 billion promise, forcing Boehner and the appropriations panel to go back to the drawing board.
"It's important to do what we said we were going to do," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.
Boehner met with GOP freshmen Thursday afternoon to sell the plan, which Republicans expect to unveil Friday afternoon.
The new plan will build upon a partial roster of cuts released Wednesday that targeted school aid, the Environmental Protection Agency and would kill off a high-speed rail program that Obama wants to significantly expand.
Republicans also promise to end federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, family planning services and AmeriCorps.
The new promise means closer scrutiny of the Pentagon, Homeland Security and possibly even veterans' accounts that Republicans had hoped to hold harmless.And it means that the FBI won't get the 4 percent increase Republicans had hoped to give it, while health research might bear a cut instead of being frozen at $31 billion.
Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa, a Boehner confidante with responsibility for drafting the transportation and housing budgets from his perch on the Appropriations Committee, promised that a housing program that provides rent subsidies for the poor would continue to provide rental vouchers.
Latham worries, however, that House passage of the new, tougher version of the measure could spark a prolonged deadlock with the Senate and lead to a series of short-term spending bills that would continue to fund the government at current levels. Passing a measure with smaller cuts might have a better chance at becoming law.
"My concern is that we may be missing a real opportunity to actually enact cuts that could have been put in place and that we're going to end up with a (stopgap measure) that just continues level funding," Latham said
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how about all the money the US spends on military in germany, korea, japan, philippines,, money to mexico and columbia and every other country that wants a hand out..
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i always was told these two are different one is a amount set on loss of ability to earn and the other was a straight insurance program ... if you worked you should be able to collect the insurance like any other american ...
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so has any one gotten a tax break in arizona and if so how..
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has anyone did anything toward property taxes in arizona....??? even if you cut out your va money they still want a income below 13,200 a year to include you and the wife .... my ss is 1,200 a month to looks like they will tell me no...
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But when you look at the Arizona web site it says.... LIST ALL INCOME from all sources
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Thinking of moving to arizona as its on sale..... looked up bennies for 100% disabled vets... one hand it says if your 100% disabled VA you dont have to pay property tax's on house you live in.... but if you make to much money your not allowed to take this bennie.. so what is to much 14,000 a year so if your 100% you dont have to pay tax but if your 100% you make to much money ... confusing or am i just to dumb to read between the lines ???
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i had the same treatment in 69/70 i got sick and passed out and next i know i am in a tub like thing and they are packing ice around me but it does not seem to be cold.... i was in and out 7 days... never was told why it happened i was a gunner in the 229th 1st air car in Dau Tieng
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DISABLED VET WANTS TO LIVE IN SOUTH KOREA AND STILL GET VA BENEFITS
I have been searching the last couple months on the topic of VA care and just dealing with the VA in general if I live in a different country. I have been able to find very little information about this topic. I am certain that I will continue to get my 40% disability pay, but I'm not sure about some other things. Maybe you guys can help me. My wife and I plan on moving back to South Korea where I met her and was stationed for 3 1/2 years. Here are my questions.
- Does the VA have any medical facilities in South Korea or approved facilities? My guess would be that I could go to a military base for medical and the VA would cover that.
- Who would be my primary care doctor living in South Korea?
- Who handles new claims or increases to current claims?
- Where do I go for my compensation exams?
- Does anybody know who within the VA I could contact to find out more information?
- Does anybody have any solid information via a website that will give me more details about living abroad in general and more specifically about living in South Korea? I've looked at the U.S. Embassy and State Department websites and they give you very little information.
I want to make sure I will still receive VA care and be able to file claims and/or increases while living in South Korea. I would hate to move there and then have the VA tell me they don't have any support in South Korea and I would either have to come back to the U.S. to deal with the VA or I can't get any claims processed or medical care.
i live in the philippines and i think this is the only place outside the us you can get help for your SC only... There are bases in Korea manybe you will be allowed to get medical help there but i am not sure...
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had problems keeping a job after Viet nam and went thru about 6jobs in 2 years then I invented myself I learned to refinish bathtubs and countertops a perfect job for me because I only did empty apartments .. you work alone don’t have to talk to anyone and send the bill in the mail this worked for me for 30 plus years and it would be only after the customers would insist to meet me in person that I would pick up and move and start over ... you need to adjust your illness the best way you can I did not seek any treatment until 2000 I did get arrested over the years and the most common thing the judge would say is ... I don’t understand this you run your own business never get a traffic ticket and then one day wake up and go nut-so??? After the 3 rd time to get arrested the judge as part of the sentence made me go see a therapist and it helped so she sent me to the VA because it was free as I had no insurance. I never knew anything was wrong with me except for loosing it sometimes , one arrest came because I felt my neighbor was spying on me and following me around I confronted him and it got physical , turns out he just did not like me , another was I went into a bank and acted like I was going to rob it I acted like I was writing a note and threw it away paced etc I don’t know what or why I was doing this but when I went to leave there were lots of police waiting for me and I guess I could of ended it right there and I wasn’t scared but just not ready ,,,, you just have to put one foot in front of the other every day and hope things work out. Now I talk for about 2 hours to a doctor every 2 weeks and it keeps me stable and the meds help me sleep , I have been seeing a doctor now for a little over 10 years and if I don’t go to the doctor I am afraid the old me will come back ...With the exception of my guilt of not being a great dad I did the best I could with what I had to work with, my son who is now in the Navy remembers me always locking my bedroom door ( my wife left after 3 years of marriage , left me and our two children they were 1 and 3 years old and my mother helped me raise them ) he always though it was to keep him out but it was to keep me in I was always afraid I would wander the house and accidentally hurt him so I locked the door with a key and the key was not near the door so it took effort to unlock and gave me time to snap out of it and wake up… the most dangerous time for me is that time when you have been awake for too long and you slip from awake to sleep that has been fixed with the meds.. Everyone is different and handles things differently and we all need to find out what works best for us I think the phase .. one day at a time was ment for PTSD ..
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I live in the Philippines and will be going to Mesa Arizona to visit a granddaughter does anyone know of a discount given on a rental car for one month or more?? anyone give me a approx. cost on a 6 week rental ? Small car is fine..
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i am glad to have read this i take 850 of this once a day and 150 Zoloft and my doctor said 850 is not too much you can take up to 1,200 before it can become harful
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Yes, and gastric by-pass surgery is not like having a wisdom tooth removed. Your plumbing is sensitive to being sliced and diced. If they slip-up you get peritonitus and die a miserable and painful death. I would want someone to do it that has done it a thousand times with no deaths.
that is why I chose vertical banding no moving of the plumbing, no problems with lack of vitamin if I try to eat say a big Mac I can not finish it maybe I can get 2/3 done but that is only if I don’t eat the fries or the drink if I eat any more it feels like I want to throw up...
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I slowly got bigger and bigger when I finally went IU in 2004 at that time I was 248 lbs 6 foot and in the next 5 years I grew to 297 lbs...(border line diabetic I was more and more winded now I am sitting here typing this and I weigh 226 lbs... so how did it do it your asking... as I live in the Philippines I was able to get a very reasonable price on a Vertical banding they call it stomach staple they don’t move anything or reroute anything just make your tummy smaller so I get full very easy.... At the same time I had a stomach hernia a very very very large one and I got both operations at the same time... Best thing I ever did for myself... the va was suppose to do the hernia but they stalled and stalled and i finally said i am moving from oregon to the Philippines in 2004 ...Next question everyone wants to know how much??? cost my about 6,000 dollars for both operations if I was only getting the staple one it would of been 5,000 and that included the hospital and all doctors.. I am still not anywhere close to a buff stud but hey for a 59 year old I am not bad... all of my siblings have a weight problem so I think mine was not related to anything but eating too much and to often...
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Thank you for your suggestions. However, I take offense to your comment about re-evaluating my financial priorities. You have NO idea what my current or past financial situation is or was. I am the SOLE provider for my family, minus a meager income that my wife brings in from her PART-TIME job. While you may seem to think that $4000/mo. is a COMFORTABLE level of living, I wonder if you currently have FOUR children that you are caring for in today's economy. The MEDIAN family income in my county is currently around $57,000 a year, which is about a THOUSAND dollars more than I make a month, so I wouldn't say that I am WELL OFF by any means. I don't know what your assumptions are, but I can tell you that I am NOT sipping champagne, eating caviar or smoking Cuban cigars while complaining about how I don't have enough money to raise my kids. ALSO..your explanation about about total impairment..that's ME to a tee...As I stated before, I am very LIMITED in what I can do, I am just trying to do what I CAN. It was my psychiatrist who told me that I could try to seek part-time work at some point, not the voices in my head. However, I have taken what you all have said in to consideration and I am going to withdraw my request for voc rehab assistance and sit every night now praying that I haven't called down the VA GODS onto my head to take away everything I have worked so hard to get up to this point. That should do my paranoia and hyper vigilance some good.. Guess it's off to the VA for some anxiety meds next week...So much for trying to be a productive member of society..
come on dont get testy... i get a total of 50,000 and have 6 children with 2 still in school to some this is not enough to me its heaven sent..
I Meet A Real Old Timer Who Served In Korea..
in VA Disability Claims Research
Posted · Edited by robert51
He lives in my subdivision and i was helping him carry a box from the mail box and we started to talk,,,,, he is 100% and in his early 80sss and said for the most part he lives alone. He has a grandaughter who helps some times and was thinking of going to assisted living... He told me he heard he can get up to 1,600 toward his assisted living cost but he did not apply seems he was told the 1,600 would be taken from his 100% check like an offset ??? i said i would ask but did not know...