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Buster

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  1. What is convalescence comp? They have briefly talked to him about lost wages.
  2. My husband received the call yesterday that he was rated temporary 100% and should be getting a letter within a week to 10 days. How long from now should we expect to wait before receiving a check? Is it direct deposited? His previous guard checks and active duty checks have been direct deposit so will they automatically direct deposit his disability checks? He's supposed to get back pay since March. Will he get a lump sum check or will they break it down? This is all new to us and we have so many questions. Buster's wife
  3. Received combat action badge, purple heart (twice, once in Iraq and once at home), army commendation medal, army achievement medal, and some others medals plus some certificates.
  4. US Army Reserve from Kentucky May 2005 was injured with a VBIED while on a convoy mission. suffered a shattered jaw (mouth wired shut), injured shoulder, 3rd degree burn on back and small laceration on the back of head. Arrived home June 2005 - wound on face began to leak and was sent to an Infectious Control Specialist by a civilian doctor– had a staff infection from the emergency surgery in Baghdad. On intravenous antibiotics for 8 weeks then had mouth unwired. Army doctor would not do an MRI of shoulder. Recovered enough to go back and finish out tour with unit in September 2005. Returned to states in January 2006. Released from active duty in Feb 2006. Filed for VA disability in Feb 2006. Last month they finally did an MRI of shoulder and found 5 things wrong with it including tendonitis and torn rotator cuff. They also did a CT-scan of head/neck and found a bulging disc in neck, probably from the shrapnel impact. In March someone said was eligible for unemployment so I filed. Received one check and was told they needed a letter from the doctor stating limitations. The VA doctor wrote a letter that said “because of the severity of his injury and the on-going treatment, he is unemployable.” So unemployment checks stopped immediately and receiving no compensation from anyone at this time. VA rep has filed for shoulder with decreased mobility, 3rd degree burn, muscle spasm in face, PTSD and also that diabetes was aggravated b/c of injury. Numbers have not been stable since returning home and they now want to use insulin to control. Also have had stomach problems since returning home. This is just a quick overview of what’s going on.
  5. I was injuried in Iraq and when I came home the VA doctor said I was unemployable so I can't receive unemployment but I haven't been rated on my disability yet so I'm not receiving any income. Isn't there something for people while they are stuck in the middle and trying to survive?
  6. I needed some information. I have submitted a claim for disability but I wanted to know if my VA rep left some things off that should have been counted. They are 1) hernia diagnoised while in Iraq 2) bulding disc in my neck as a result of shrapnel injury while in Iraq (well documented) 3) diagnosed with a staff infection after coming home to recover from my injury from my emergency surgery in Baghdad. None of these things were listed on my original claim. I am still waiting to hear a reply on percentage for my initial claim but wanted to know if these things should be submitted after the first decision is made.
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