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It took me a little more than 17 years to win my claim before the BVA. Combined rating of 90% disabled, backdated to 5/15/1995. I'm speechless!

1985 active duty medical records say "gout, knee cap fully moveable and locked, arthritis". The VA diagnosed me with non serum RA several years ago.

I read 38 USC 5121, but if I am not married and leave a will, can a parent collect from the VA?

I have several other words than SNAFU for this mess. I received a response from my congressman with the VA response. They have combined ALL of my claims from 1995 to present into the 1/2011 case, which I sent a NOD immediately. But what they did not tell the congressman was that they brought in all of these claims from 1995.

Yes I retrieved the surgery info from Fort Benning, it was not in St Louis records or in c file. Yes I have had 6 other surgeries for the same thing. What they had not ever try to rate was the gout and arthritis which is in my 1985 active duty records. That has turned into full body osteo and rheumatoid. C5, 6 and 7 in my neck are gone "seriously deteriorated, with no fluid between joints and encroached". I'm not sure about CUE, but I do know, that within 2 days of receiving my 201 from me with notes, that the RO opened the case back up and today found out it was an appeal. I did have a C&P on June 13th, 2012, this has been the only c&P I have ever had. There is tons of active duty records to back it up. The first claim was rectal and colon polyps. This is what I have had 6 other surgeries for. I had xray and CAT done the very next day and within a week an MRI on my neck. Now there outsourcing me (out of the VA) because the neck is so bad. This has been in my file (neck) since 2002 with nothing done, not even an xray until last month. My NEXUS letter reads "it is highly probable and most likely that". That's from my private doc that I've had since 1994. He stated he had looked at my active duty and current medical records also. Does that stand for a good NEXUS letter? I really appreciate all the attention (replies) I'm getting.

I found a phone # in Washington for claims administration. Called it and believe it or not someone answered and helped me. The guy told me they had sent my NEXUS letter out for a second opinion and had recently got it back and that I should be in rating mode. Anyone know how long that takes? I am "red-flagged" at the RO.

Thanks. It is a c file I received from the RO and 201 from St Louis. Neither of the records had the active duty surgery in them though. I had to send a FOIA to Ft. Benning hospital and ask for "in patient medical records", which I received and forwarded to the RO. So it was in fact the DOD who screwed that up. They can't hide it from anyone. I sent a copy to the RO highlighting the 1995 case and the fact they adjudicated it twice and now they are appealing the same case again. Congressman and Senator both have copies. I'm testifying before Veterans Affairs Board in Washington in 2 months. At this point I'm just out to blow the lid of their little jar lies and misrepresentations. 17+ years, perfect NEXUS letter, all claims directly connecting to active duty medical records. I thought a CUE could be used, but not sure now. The fact they transferred my file to NY by mistake and changed my address to a NY address, that is plainly their outright mistake. The letter came today, it was the congressional inquiry.

On ebenefits under compensation and claims, special correspondence: Your claim is complete. A letter will be sent to you via U.S. mail formally documenting the completion of your claim. Please allow standard delivery time prior to contacting the VA call center Could this be anything else? Like congressman following up or VSO following up, etc.?

Sorry, I have just found this. I'm new here. Bertha: I had requested several times over the years as to the status of the 1995 claim by letter and the 800 #. Absolutely no response. I filed the same claim in 2008 and it was adjudicated 1/2010. I immediately appealed and at that point I requested my 201 file. There I found the 1995 case. The VARO-Little Rock has handled all claims for me (except their screw up on the 1995 case). When I advised them of the case in my 201 file they immediately moved on it (it was an obvious CUE). They have opened an appeal to the 1995 case, put the 2010 appeal on hold and I haven't heard anything since.

Claim filed in 1995. RO transferred file to another RO, mistakenly. I did not know this until 2009. 2008 I filed the same claim, received 2 Sc @ o%, but found in my 201 file the 1995 case had been adjudicated in NY (partially) with 1 sc @ 0%. The same as the 2008. I had appealed the 2008 and sent the 1995 case to the RO. They did not have a clue it was in my 201. They dropped everything and reopened my 1995 case, saying 30 days to review. It's been 90 days and nothing. The do not use ebenefits so I don't know what is going on. 17 years and I'm fed up with it. I recently got my Congressman involved to remind them I'm still here. In the 2008 case the 1995 case info and records were not used. So I have the same case adjudicated twice and an appeal for the 2008 pending, due to whatever they are doing with 1995 case. Does this make any sense to anyone?