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I am currently receiving the NSC pension I didn't even know anything about it until early 2011 it took me only six month to get the whole process done. I got a letter in the mail today saying that I could not add my dependents because I didn't have a rating of 30% or higher. It took the Va since last year Oct (when i filed for them) to tell me this and send a letter. Can some one shine some light on this. I didn't know I need to have a service connected rating of 30%. Currently my service connected rating is at 0% and I do have appeals in the system so i can get a higher SC rating. When I received the award letter for the pension it said that I needed to submit my dependents info and now months later.... I hit a brick wall :(. -----------------------------------------------------NSC pension--------------- Also to get the NSC pension which I am receiving it says In addition to meeting minimum service requirements, the Veteran must be: Age 65 or older, ORTotally and permanently disabled, OR A patient in a nursing home receiving skilled nursing care, OR Receiving Social Security Disability Insurance, OR Receiving Supplemental Security Income --------------------------------------------- Here is a link to where I have all my info about my current situation if anyone wants to help. /index.php?/topic/51620-need-help-with-claimall-info-inside/?hl=chrome_305#entry303540" rel="norewrite">http://www.hadit.com/forums/index.php?/topic/51620-need-help-with-claimall-info-inside/?hl=chrome_305#entry303540

Ty for the information. I tried to find the dependent form on E-bennies but I couldn't find it. I will have to find a good VSO rep since the reps in my area (swfl) only fill out paperwork and have very little knowledge.

Thanks I will try that and reply back as to what happened. The weird thing is that the Va rep on the phone had no knowledge of any dates or anything about the claim. The ony thing she could see is when I first started the claim. You would think they would have the data on there side. Make me wonder what the hell is up with the tracking system at the VA.

ok i will post later today hopefully. I here ya brother. It's like they want the vets to commit suicide before the get a decision or just have the vets give up.

Hi, all I won a claim for VA pension back in Nov 2011. Around Oct 2012 I filed to add my dependents (3 children) on the claim. I filed for the dependents inside of the one year make so they should also back pay me from Nov 2011 correct? Well the problem is that I checked E-bennies today and now the claim is no where to be found. The completion date for the claim was April 5 2013. I have checked E-bennies before and the claim was always at the claim received stage it never moved once. Any one been through this before? ===== Update : I called e-bennies and the rep said she could not find an answer as to why its off the grid, but it shows as it being closed. The rep said they should have a answer for me with-in ten days as to whats going on. :(

I know I need to find a new VA rep. The thing that bothers me is that my first C&P say the conditions started in service and that is listed in two different locations in the report. Can the VA just do there own thing and ignore those statement? It seems that they skip the parts that would support my claim. It also seems that they are not using any of there regulations as far as presumptive and benefit of doubt for vets. Well since 05 I have been Baker acted over four times for SI & HI. The VA doc have diagnosed me with PTSD & Bi-polar since I left service. The VA just seems to use the "need more evidence" trick to stall it seems. I mean what mor evidence do they need. It was less than 4 months that I was out of service and had a diagnosis from a C&P examiner. My last year of service I was in Iraq I mean I dont understand what they want. Thanks you all for your help. ============================================================== Chrome: “At my very first C&P in Dec 2005.I told him about my time in Iraq and the whole nine yards. I was diagnosed with Dysthymic Disorder. I joined in 2001.I was discharged from the service in Sept 2005.“ Berta: When did you enlist into the service? Chrome: I enlisted from sept 01-sept 05 Berta: Broncovet is right: “He said that he is 0% percent.. Its not a question of being service connect, but rather a question of his severity. “ Yes and whether his disbility raised to a compendable level within one year after service (38 CFR 3.309) Berta: Do you receive SSI ? If so what is the SSI diagnosis? (then again the NSC pension would offset the SSI or vice versa) Chrome: SSI said that there is a possibility I did not get approved for SSI because I am recieving another thing which I would guess is the pension. So no SSI for me. Berta: What were you Baker acted for? Where were you hospitalized due to Baker Act? Chrome: My VA doc baker acted me because I had suicidal/homicidal feelings almost OD on meds and she thought it would be best for me. It happen more then once in regards to being baker acted. I was hospitalized at VA hospital but Berta: Did the VA have those medical records? Chrome: I don't think they had those records at the time of the decision but they had all other evidence and diagnosis. Berta: “I was discharged from service in Sept 05 I have a diagnosis for Neutropenia and some other things added on my one and only C&P exam. The report was made based on records from 12/05. The report also says ..."In summary then, the medical evidence supports the current disability claim. The medical evidence supports the ocurrence in military service and the medical evidence supports a nexus between injury and his current disability." this report is signed on 6/06.” Berta: This can be obviously service connected but did you ever formally claim this? I dont know if the leukopenia or neutropenia can be rated but maybe the thrombopenia involvement would get it to a ratable level. However since June 2006, did you receive any treatment for this condition? Chrome: This is something that has progress. I first had neutropenia/leukopenia then couple months later which is still inside the one year mark I developed thrombocytopenia. The doctor just tells me to keep following up. If we have to do a bone marrow test we will. I just filed a claim for this since I just found those C&P files. I didn't even know they existed. Berta:Something is wrong with all of this... Either you had evidence in your SMRs and after service medical records they did not consider, or as Dot09 suggested the DBQ , as you need a concrete diagnosis, or something else is wrong here. Chrome: I think they didn't consider a lot of things I also think the VA rep in are area need to do more for the VET's I mean they give no direction or anything. They just submit paper work and that's all. I feel these things should have been handled long ago.

“At my very first C&P in Dec 2005.I told him about my time in Iraq and the whole nine yards. I was diagnosed with Dysthymic Disorder. I was discharged from the service in Sept 2005 “ Berta: When did you enlist into the service? Chrome: I enlisted from sept 01-sept 05 Berta: Broncovet is right: “He said that he is 0% percent.. Its not a question of being service connect, but rather a question of his severity. “ Yes and whether his disbility raised to a compendable level within one year after service (38 CFR 3.309) Berta: Do you receive SSI ? If so what is the SSI diagnosis? (then again the NSC pension would offset the SSI or vice versa) Chrome: SSI said that there is a possibility I did not get approved for SSI because I am recieving another thing which I would guess is the pension. So no SSI for me. Berta: What were you Baker acted for? Where were you hospitalized due to Baker Act? Chrome: My VA doc baker acted me because I had suicidal feelings almost OD on meds and she thought it would be best for me. It happen more then once in regards to being baker acted. I was hospitalized at VA hospital but Berta: Did the VA have those medical records? Chrome: I don't think they had those records at the time of the decision but they had all other evidence and diagnosis. Berta: “I was discharged from service in Sept 05 I have a diagnosis for Neutropenia and some other things added on my one and only C&P exam. The report was made based on records from 12/05. The report also says ..."In summary then, the medical evidence supports the current disability claim. The medical evidence supports the ocurrence in military service and the medical evidence supports a nexus between injury and his current disability." this report is signed on 6/06.” Berta: This can be obviously service connected but did you ever formally claim this? I dont know if the leukopenia or neutropenia can be rated but maybe the thrombopenia involvement would get it to a ratable level. However since June 2006, did you receive any treatment for this condition? Chrome: This is something that has progress. I first had neutropenia/leukopenia then couple months later which is still inside the one year mark I developed thrombocytopenia. The doctor just tells me to keep following up. If we have to do a bone marrow test we will. I just filed a claim for this since I just found those C&P files. I didn't even know they existed. Berta:Something is wrong with all of this... Either you had evidence in your SMRs and after service medical records they did not consider, or as Dot09 suggested the DBQ , as you need a concrete diagnosis, or something else is wrong here. Chrome: I think they didn't consider a lot of things I also think the VA rep in are area need to do more for the VET's I mean they give no direction or anything. They just submit paper work and that's all. I feel these things should have been handled long ago. TY for your help...

This the the first thing under the ruling decision on my claim: I was discharged in Sep 05 Reasons: 1.) Evidence is not new...Rating decisions dated June 13, 2006, Feb 6, 2008, and April 24, 2008, denied service connection and continued the denial of SC as the condition neither occurred in nor was caused by service. There are two different locations in my first C&P exam notes that say the condition started in service. Can the VA just do there own thing and ignore the C&P exam? To me the VA skipped those parts and based the decision on there own thing. I don't undertstand how that can happen. Atleast it should be service connection but at a low percent. Its just listed as not caused by service when all the laws and rules says it should be.

Do you think so? Because the VA has the mental disorder as non-service connected when the C&P exam says other wise. I should get the benifit of the doubt though correct?

My organation is a fail. It takes 3hr to see the DAV rep and then just 10min to send a form I can send myself. They dont give any guidence or anything.

Im not 65 no where close and I think I got the Non compensation becuase I am under the poverty amount. I was making $0 dollars. It says in my first CP exam that the conditions where cuased why in military when I got the dysticmic diagnosis. I do go to my va rep at the VA clinic but he does nothing. The things he do I can do myself eg: He just open claims and sends them. It looks like the VA is bumbing heads with me. I dont know what more evidence they need since all the evidence is there to grant a higher rating. They the VA are just not looking at it or something.

Can I get a little help or guidance...

My story, Its long but its detailed.... ------------------------------------------------------DENIED CLAIM--------------- I am currently receiving the NSC pension I didn't even know anything about it until early 2011 it took me only six month to get the whole process done. Should I file for IU and P&T or one over the other? At my very first C&P in Dec 2005.I told him about my time in Iraq and the whole nine yards. I was diagnosed with Dysthymic Disorder. I was discharged from the service in Sept 2005. A couple months later I found out my local VA had mental health help and I started seeing a Doc. Since then I have been in and out of the VA mental center plenty of times. My VA psychiatrist has Baker acted me on four separate occasions since 2009. Currently I am on Depakote 500mg two at night. My VA psychiatrist has put me on many meds. I checked my records a few days ago and my VA doc has written that I had PTSD then a few months and visits later she changed it to Bi-polar disorder. I have been trying to get a service connection rating above 0% which is what the VA has given me since I was discharged in 2005. Should I open a claim for Bi-polar disorder or try to get the VA to re-rate my Dysthymic disorder? How do I get the VA to acknowledge my mental illness? I don’t understand how I can get NSC pension and treatment/ meds for my disorder but not have them rate my mental illness above zero. I regret not seeing a mental health while I was in service, but I was diagnosed at my C&P within 3-4 months of being discharged you would think the VA could put 2 & 2 together. Here is pretty much my last decision below(I currently have a SC appeal going for things that are not service connected.) If someone could help me out I would be grateful. I just found this website and it has given me more information than anyone at the VA. ------------------------------------------------------Last Rating Decision--------------- The records reflect that you are veteran of the gulf war era. Decision 1.) The claim for service connection for dysthymic disorder remains denied because the evidence submitted is not new and material. 2.) Entitlement to service connection for treatment of dysthymic disorder specified under 38 U.S.C 1702 is granted. Reasons: 1.) Evidence is not new...Rating decisions dated June 13, 2006, Feb 6, 2008, and April 24, 2008, denied service connection and continued the denial of SC as the condition neither occurred in nor was caused by service. 2.) Service connection for dysthymic disorder for the purpose of establishing eligibility to treatment. Entitlement to service connection for treatment of dysthymic disorder specified under 38 U.S.C 1702 is granted. A determination of service connection under 38 U.S.C 1702 is for the purpose of providing eligibility for hospital and medical treatment for veterans of gulf war service who have develop a mental disorder during or within two years from the date of separation from such service or within two years of the end of the war period, whichever is earlier. Treatment reports from Bay Pines VA dated Dec 13 2005 to Aug 20, 2010 were reviewed. Mental disorders examination on May 31 2006 notes an Axis I diagnosis of Dysthymic disorder. You were discharged from the military on Sept 30 2005. Entitlement to treatment is established because a mental disorder was diagnosed within the required period of time. Subject to Compensation (1.SC) Residual of fracture of the left ring finger with pinning, to include post traumatic arthritis with ankylosis of the distal interphalangel joint (Dominant) Service Connected, Gulf War, Incurred 0% from 2005 Chest wall syndrome, claimed as chest pain, tightness and difficulty breathing Service connected, Gulf War, Incurred 0% from 2005 Syscosis barbae, claimed as razor bumps of the face Service connected, Gulf War, Aggravated 0% from 2005 Combined Evaluation for compensation 0% from 2005 Not service connected/Not subject to compensation (8.NSC Gulf War) Intermittent Low Back pain Hearing loss, Left Ear Tinnitus Rash on Chest PTSD/other/unknown-PTSD Dysthymic Disorder Treatment Purposes only Dysthymic Disorder -Active psychosis/GW mental, SC for treatment Only -----------------------------------------------------NSC pension--------------- Also to get the NSC pension which I am receiving it says In addition to meeting minimum service requirements, the Veteran must be: Age 65 or older, OR Totally and permanently disabled, OR A patient in a nursing home receiving skilled nursing care, OR Receiving Social Security Disability Insurance, OR Receiving Supplemental Security Income -------------------------------------------- Recent events---------- I went and got some new copies of my records and in my C&P(one & only C&P) notes I found new things. Like it has a diagnosis of Neutropenia. In 2008 I found some hematology report that says... Tests: Completed by my VA Physician and the VA Health care system: Diagnostic and Clinical Tests: C&P VA/Dec 16, 2005: Neutropenia Hematology Report: VA Doctor on or around 09/08, 2012: States the Hematology as persistent leukopenia, now with mild thrombocytopenia. I was discharged from service in Sept 05 I have a diagnosis for Neutropenia and some other things added on my one and only C&P exam. The report was made based on records from 12/05. The report also says ..."In summary then, the medical evidence supports the current disability claim. The medical evidence supports the ocurrence in military service and the medical evidence supports a nexus between injury and his current disability." this report is signed on 6/06. -------------------------------------------My Q's---------- What do some you know? As far as my chances with the VA. I know its aways a long wait but does my case look good? Also why didnt the VA file a claim for me for most of the conditions I found in my C&P exam like neutropenia? Can I claim some of the conditions like Neutropenia, thicking of Mitral valve, as secoundary to the chest pain or open new claims since some of those things are on my 1st C&P report from 2005. -------------- If you need more information please ask. I know its a long read but I hope some people here can help. Those with any experince in this situation TY