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jfrei

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  1. jfrei

    Spouses ID card

    Are my kids eligible for ID cards since my now ex wife has no ID card anymore?
  2. 3 more years of until that mark for DIC if divorced will my kids get that money they will both be under 18 and their DEA if they go to college?
  3. Its been rated for 20% since 2010, no retro will be gained with the increase anyways? so figured just to file for an increase to keep my disability levels accurate. My question is my claim was closed and it maintained the same rating which is better then reduction or severance but they said the doctor wrote pain flareups is why it was Maintained 20% and not increased to 30%. Flare ups to me doesn’t mean what I told her and stated I wake up in pain until I us the cream and take the drugs the VA gives me and then I do the dose 2 to 3 times a day to keep using my left arm….. Am I wrong to say that constantly in pain isn't a flare up I had an Xray last week and an MRI today for my shoulder finally after waiting 6 months for them to fix the docs mistake asking for the right shoulder and not the left? Also want to note the fact you can finally download decision letters way better then Waiting on snail mail
  4. Or just turn the computer off lol the ultimate ignore button lol
  5. I was also rated individually separated from the tbi Dizziness and lightheadedness from the times I blacked out randomly..
  6. Same and thats when I learned what SMC was lll and After 2 years at zero I filled for an increase and my migraines went t0 50% based on my VA treatment records I submitted in with the increase
  7. 0 % is a reting in SC at least not to be a smartass took me 8 years so they can see the history of treatment for my headaches and went from 0 to 50% but cant go higher because im 100% for my TBI. Never stop fighting for more with your TBI they don’t get better as much as they wsnt them too. They sent me to 2 tbi exams and 2 ptsd exams in one year one after the other just to lunp them together at 100%… ) (70 tbi 100 ptsd) equals 100% one rating
  8. What did they said about what it was deferred too? Another examination or C and P request. I know its a pain doing their work but gather everything you have from the. Incident hospital records and look for an IMO show the doc the records the VA refuses to look at, you can reopen the claim based on the new evidence you provide. You can be SC for migraines and or the concussion (mild tbi) but they wont SC for anxiety disorder and the head injury and headaches.. I know sounds wrong but its what they do, since its a condition of the injury. But watch out they arent stupid because they know if they defer the mental issues and deny the more permanent one theres a chance for improvement in mental issues and possibly a chance to reduce your award later down the road. As for deferring the migraines as well, not sure how the examination is going to dx the head injury as the cause of your headaches but sorry I missed read to much into this. What does your decision letter state verbatim?
  9. With me i waited years after the denial my only savior was the VA was Wrong to Deny based of evidence and was called out as a CUE. But thats almost never the case so never let the window Close…
  10. Ill agree never skip a C & P exam as what I did I actually took the IMO report of my other doctor to the examination at the VA exam and let them give there weight since it was a medical report based on medical records and not a DBQ its evidence they have to consider which rendered a quick decision.
  11. The VA will deny deny until appeal hearing loss isn’t essential to get SC for tinnitus, think I was 0% for 8 years until the appeal made it 10% no bread winner but a mental victory
  12. I’m curious to what the event in service that caused this did the doctor say in his opinion or dx
  13. Divorce is officially finalized still however supporting her until she closes on her new home the end of June. But is there an easy way to remove my Ex-wife from my award? I still have a 5 and a 7 year old with her and support them all until she moves out in the divorce agreement we have in place on June 19th she closes on her new home….
  14. Correction I’ve addressed the right people to get the 3 year residency waived completely if you met the other criteria……
  15. Sorry everyone it’s been awhile been going through a rough divorce but this came in from the county council informed me Whoever lives in New Castle county Delaware your now 100% tax exempt!
  16. jfrei

    Spouses ID card

    Asked my wife upon reading on here about here ID card which expired 4 days ago lol. So mine says it never expires, will both my children which are my biological kids get I’d cards and will theirs expire?
  17. I’m no expert on appeals but id say you may have a shot at a CUE claim and get it backdated to the original claim. I in my case my claim originally in 2010, found this site asked questions but waited to finally appeal after I went to a DRO hearing in 2016 spoke to the judge in person with my attorney. And she flat out said do not file a reconsider for right to the BVA and it has to be granted there... I an idiot opened my mouth of my attorney’s objection. She pulled me aside and politely said I’m going to save you years just trust me and she went on to explain anything involving anything over 25k of retro possible alittle less cannot be granted here at the Philly RO, but what I will do and we discussed it with my attorney is certify your appeal to the board as soon as he sends it to me I’ll send it to the BVA. This was in May 2016 and 2 months later because she had expedited it as a hardship it was approved money in account two months later..... I’m no fairy tale story but if you ask for help at the VA the right people do show up and if not I’ve fought my way through everything I’ve had to earn with the VA system. Unfortunately they have closed the few secrets I had used of course because they worked..... “but the only way to win an appeal that far back is CUE, but hire an attorney” just my advice sucks like for me I was entitled for 125k and had to pay a chunk for the fees but if i didn’t the VA likes to pretend that vets can’t learn VA law on the side and will deny everything they can if it’s just you
  18. I’ve noticed it closed already no point in waiting for the letter ebenefits has it listed bilateral hearing lose not service connected 10% for tinnitus and 30% dizziness and lightheadedness rated for my ears but I’m guessing the doctor when we were doing the repeat words said I was taking to long to repeat the word back but he opined it was my tbi residuals so I’m assuming they denied it because I already have three connected to my tbi already for 50 30 and 10.... this is my last new claim it’s super Quick these days but I just wanted my hearing checked and I figured might try and see They connect but he say it was mild but my searching for words due to my Tbi making it worse. Not sure why they wouldn’t just lump it in as a symptom of my tbi like they did with my PTSD and Sleep apnea/disturbances short term memory loss and lapses... but i don’t need to fight it he completely honest I’m sure and I didn’t go in and start playing battleships with the buzzer lol dx mild hearing impairment not far away enough dealing with my age I’m assuming the denial will say at 35 mild deafness is ok he said i can go get hearing aids least then I can turn them off And not hear the kids complaining and or wife I’m deaf go get check Out.. I’m at 10 different service connected disabilities not sure if That’s allot, I can say claims are operating at warp speed these days curious to see how appeals move or if a higher review would work the doctor didn’t even
  19. It’s rated under the hearing code but secondary to my sTBI. So my one kid naps like right now , other kids in kindergarten,I found out this trick since the VA.gov doesn’t specify how exactly where in the last stage exactly I am at.... so ebennies was always better when you wanted more information but you had to find soo if you log into your account and under the compensation tab it says payment info is now on va.gov but from the page you click the drop down menu to disability list and it’s still shows your rated disabilities. At the bottom it lists your open claims and you can actually see where it’s at Mines now pending decision approval so any day now..... hoping this save people questions to get an update on t there status
  20. I have a problem with assuming people know exactly what I’m sayin and then I get the deer in headlights lol
  21. I’m saying every time someone posts on here it says claim is closed but no changes or anything on Ebenefits we hold off on saying it but it’s usually a denial.... but if you can’t even see anything after a c and p it’s usually a good sign it was just a heads up....not always 100% true but 9/10 of my claims it was true
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