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Well, funny thing in ebennies (benefits explorer) I am listed as a male..........and birth certificate list me as a female all my life......lol
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Wow....
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My friend have you been able to contact anyone at the vetcenter.........let me see If I can find a local helpline number to help you.
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Good glad to see your response
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82 airborne..........continue with your treatment and don't give up. You are a blessing to us.......and we are to you. There are plenty of folks here on Hadit who are suffering too.........we can relate....... and if you need to vent this is the place to release it.........................Please take care of yourself.
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I have also filed for a dependency claim. I am going on 8 months now and waithing. My original award date was in July/2012. The claim for dependency is showing in ebennies completion date 8/2013. Should I submit another VA form 21-686c?
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This link contains some good information. Thank you soo much.
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I just checked my benefits explorer on ebennies, and noticed that that area changed completely my percentage is the same which is 30%, but below that it states permanent and total. I have filed for increases in August of 2012 could this be good news? Or does this mean something else. Thanks for all the help. I love HAD IT!!!!!!!
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I have a question for you all. I am currently rated at 30% for depression (anxiety, panic attacks). Today I went to my MH doctor who is licensed as a psychiatrist/neurologist. He explained to me that he wanted to completely pull me from working. He said he feels that I should not be working at all.
I know that I can't file for TDIU unless I am unemployed. If I am on Family Medical Leave Act and not recieving any pay is that considered not being employed. I would appreciate all the help and advice I can get on this.
Respectfully,
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Thank you for the new information..........and boo hoo for the dependency claims being placed on the back burner.
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Wow, I have also applied for my dependency retro-pay. I have submitted all of the information needed like: Birth Certificates, Social security cards, marriage license, and divorce decree. I filed with the Atlanta RO in July 2012 and Ebennies stated that I should recieve a decision by March 2013.
I never thought that a dependency claim with sufficient evidence could be denied.......what a bomber
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Don't give up ............keep on pushing............
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My personal opinion is that it is better to file now. Why wait later?.........There is still going to be a long wait no matter what. I filed a NOD with the ATlanta RO in June and I don't expect to hear anything until next year........
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Good luck to you.
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Thank you so much Broncovet.............I am working on this now......I will keep you updated. :)
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Hello to all,
Hopefully this question can help those who have recently recieved a decision letter. How do I interpret exactly what the VA has decided on this:
My letter goes like this:
What we Decided:
Left wrist condition: The evidence does not show a current diagnose disability.
Shin splints left lower extremity: "same answer as above"
Shin splints right lower extremity: "same answer as above"
Cervical spine condition: "same answer as above"
Back pain: "same answer as above"
Left and right knee condition: "same answer as above"
Bronchitis "same answer as above"
condition of the duodenum "same answer as above"
Rash over body "same answer as above"
Stress "same answer as above"
Now does this mean that I am not currently diagnosed with these conditions with a current doctor? Or does this mean something else.
Insomnia: The evidence does not show an event, disease or injury in service.
This was part of my depression claim (insomnia)
I am rated at 30% for depression, and anxiety.
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Hello to all,
I am also on Seroquel 300 mg per night. If I take it in the mornings I am normally, drowsy within an hour. Lately, I have noticed that my hands, and feet seem to lock up. I don't know if this is a direct side effect, because I am also taking other medicaitons for my depression, panic attack, anxiety disorder.
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Thank you Pete53,
Right now I am working (full-time) in a dusty warehouse. The position I hold is distributing material worldwide for all types of missions and I am required to operate heavy equipment, forklifts, stock selectors and other material handling equipment. Some of the material that we pick in the warehouse has been sitting on the shelves since 1952. The medications that I am taking now are Cymbalta, Seroquel, and anxiety/panic attacks medications (cant't remember the names). Sometimes while working I feel like I am in a zombie state and if I am idle at work I will fall asleep. Now, at night I don't have this problem because I am up all night (I may sleep 4 hours). I know that this is not good, but I have a family to take care of. I have used all my sick leave and I am currently negative 158 hours in the hole because of excessive amount of time taken off from work.
I just recently went to the emergency room with an asthma attack. I haven't had an asthma attack since 2006. I also take albuterol as needed. My anxiety/panic increased due to the combivent and predisone that the hospital administered, and caused my heart to palputate on the EKG machine so the hospital kept me overnight. Finally, after numerous test the doctors stated that now I have a thyroid nodule 3 cmm, bronchitis, and heart palputation.
After leaving the hospital, I scheduled an appointment with the VA for a follow up. The VA doctor tells me that I am either going to have to find another job or stop working, because the environment I am in is not healthy for a person with asthma. He explained to me that because of all of the machinery, and trucks backing into the loading docks the fumes are triggers and if I am having to use my albuterol more than twice a week then I need to consider finding another job or etc. ...My thing is that I don't really have a choice of where I am employed right now. I don't know how to handle this, because this is all I have right now. Am I able to file for TDIU or is it to early for me to do that?.......Or do I have to be unemployed the file for TDIU?..........Respectfully,
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Hello to you all,
I am also 30% SC for depression/anxiety and panic attacks. I understand that insomnia and all the MH issues are pyramided in the same category. My question is concerning sleep apnea also. I just had a sleep study done through the VA and I was diagnosed with one of the sleep disorders (waking up at night) not sure which one. Can I connect the dots by filing a claim stating that the depression aggravated/or caused the sleep apnea? I know that I may not be wording this correctly..........Respectfully.....
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Carlie,
I want to thank you for your advice and I appreciate all of the work that you put in for us (veterans). I wish I knew you over 10 years ago.
A good thing happened I just received my award letter and was granted 30% for depression alone. I will keep you updated on my condition.
Respectfully,
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Carlie, and John
Yes, I did get diagnosed with depression and was seeing a mental health person before my departure from the miltary.
Maybe I am interpreting the MST wrong. I was stationed and on military duty at the time. The person who was stalking me is the person who was standing over my bed at night in the hotel room. My supervisor later reported that this man was part owner in the hotel that we resided in and I have been having flash backs of the occurrences from this man touching me inappropriately while I was asleep. As a result of this I have been seeing a psychistrist for seven years. I was violated and cant't get past this. Every night I may sleep 4 hours, and when I do get up I continuously check locks on the windows and doors. I always have a feeling that someone is going to break in and harm me. I have been diagnosed with depression, OCD, anxiety, and panic attacks. I have currently filed a claim for depression Aug. 2010 and I am in the decision making phase now. Should I go ahead and file a claim for the stalking issue? If so what area should I file under.
Respectfully,
Ex-female AirForce Ceremonial Guardsmen/SFS
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Hello to all. I am an AirForce Veteran 40 years old. I had been on a peacekeeping mission in Pisa, Italy (1996) for forty-five days. There were five males and one female (me) assigned to this mission. As a security policeman, we manned the gates of an Italian Air Force Base there. Our living quarters were in a hotel off of a beach. I can't remember the exact location. I did not have a roommate. One night after working 12 hour shifts on the gate, I immediately drove back to the hotel room. When I got into my room and cut on the lights there were hundreds of flowers all over the room, a three page letter from some guy, and a cassette tape with all of his favorite songs on it dedicated to me. In the letter he stated that he knew who I was and where I resided and that we would finally meet on the next Friday to be with each other for the rest of our lives. At first I thought is was a hoax, but when I contacted the Supervisor in charge he didn't have a clue to who would do something like this. I told him I was scared and he said the only thing that he could do was to report it to OSI. The supervisor claimed he contacted OSI and that the placed a sting to catch this person. Meanwhile, during the night I would be in the bed and would look up and see a man and a woman standing over me, and touching me. The problem was that I couldn't move, but I could see everything that they were doing to me. So when I would wake up in the mornings I just assumed that was just bad dreams.
It now 2012 and I have been suffering from depression, anxiety, insomnia, easily startled and OCD. I am paranoid and I avoid being around my family and friends. I constantly dream about these people standing over me at night and now I have developed OCD (where I constantly check the locks on the doors and windows at night). I have filed a claim for depression, but from just reading the information on this site I need help in getting this information from my military files. I need someone who has experienced MST to help me file this claim.
Thank you sooo much
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I am so happy for you. I can't wait to hear from my claim
Recent Side Effect With Lamotrigine Any Advice?
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Recently, the VA changed part of my MH daily medication to lamotrigine (25mg). The first seven days I had to take a total of two 25 (mg)tablets. Then after the seven days I was told to increase to 4 tablets, which totaled 100 mg. After taking the 4 tablets along with a total of 300 mg of Seroquel, I was feeling a awkward so I decided to go and take a shower to cool off. When I got into the shower I felt a little dizzy, the room was spinning, and I felt like I was about to black out. I fell out of the shower and tried to brace my fall on the towel rack and hit my right hip on the edge of the toilet. The ambulance had to come and pick me up, and I suffered a contusion withing the hip area(currently on crutches). Any advice on how to add this as a secondary due to the medication? The doctor at the hospital did write in the notes that the side effects of this medication causes 54% of its patients dizziness, and that after my blood, and urine samples there was enough evidence to support that this medication caused me to black out. Now, I have been taking seroquel for of 8 months now and I have had no side effects from this.
Thanks