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mendenhall2112

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  1. Good news to update, It took a year, but the DIC claim was approved by the VA and my mother received the DIC back pay and is now getting a monthly check for DIC. The VA letter granting DIC also said my father was denied for the nehmer claim for a heart condition. However, I found a VA letter dating back to 1986 stating the VA denied my father's claim for Organic Heart Disease as not being "service connected". So wouldn't this fall under the presumptive illnesses? The letter didn’t say you don’t have Organic heart Disease; it gave him a classification for OHD and just stated it was not service connected. Anyone else have a similar circumstance? M Mendenhall
  2. Sorry didn't understand your comment at first. He has been 100% since 2001. so he meets the 10 year mark.
  3. I don't believe he had any open and pending issues, new claim wise, since he was already rated at 100%. Would his claim denied in 1986 for a heart condition be considered open and pending? I also found denied claim in 2003 for, "sharp chest pain, left side" . The VA denied this claim stating this was a complaint of pain and not a diagnosis of a disease. I do know he was being treated by VA doctors for cardiac related issues. Berta, once again thank you so very much for the helpful info. Mike
  4. Berta, thank you for the additional info. she did receive a letter from the VA about a Nehmer claim, and I was told by her DAV rep the DIC claim is being held up by nehmer. according to the DAV rep my father has 3 items being considered for a nehmer claim, and that the VA is currently working on nehmer claims that have only 1 item in question. So my father's claim is way down the list. I guess we will have to just wait it out and see what happens.
  5. New to this site and trying to gather information for my mother, My father, a Vietnam vet and 100% VA rated passed away in Feb of 2011 from a heart attack. I filed a DIC claim on my mother behalf in March of 2011. I found out this week, Aug 2011, the DIC claim is in, Nehmer limbo. While going through one of my father’s old VA claims I saw he had been denied a claim for a, “heart condition” in 1986. No other description was given. If the heart condition claim denied in 1986 falls under the Nehmer guidelines does that mean it is retroactive back to 1986 and that my mother is entitled to the retroactive payment? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
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