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Just an update. Called a lawyer to see what could be done and she told me that I would have to start over with new documentation. This will be the fourth time I will attempt to get this. My AW2 rep says not to hold my breath because they hardly ever approve on a fourth time. I don't know what to do. I can't do the work I was trained to do, track mechanic, and I can't do other work because being around people agrivates my PTSD and with my back I can't sit down or stand up too long. I just feel worthless and no one is listening. Thanks for the replies.

I have a strange issue with the third IU claim that I had put in for and was denied. I have searched for examples of what I am going through and haven't found any which makes this more frustrating. I was denied my third IU claim last June and I was at my whit’s end because all the evidence was there, but they did give me a 10% increase from 80 to 90. I figured that I it just wasn't meant to be and then tried Voc Rehab because I can't do what the Army trained me to do because of my injuries. Voc Rehab put me through tests and then three months ago told me that due to my disabilities that they thought IU was a better choice. I explained that I had tried three times already and the Voc Rehab counselor looked at the latest denial and was shocked to see that I had been deemed employable and unemployable in two sentences. This is word for word what it says: "Mr. Cline is not unemployable due to his service connected disability of PTSD. His PTSD, by itself, does render him unable to secure substantially gainful employment." She said that all these documents are copy and pasted and then corrected as needed and whoever prepared this must have messed up by not taking out the word "not". She then told me to send my paper work to a service officer in Tucson,AZ (we live in Sierra Vista which makes appointments hard to get to in Tucson as well as other help) to be looked over. I just called him yesterday after not hearing anything for two months and he told me that the bored won't fix this until I get new letters from my VA Doctor and a Psychologist. Problem is, it takes almost two months to be seen at the clinic down here by my Doctor and I have no psychologist here. They want me to do this if the evidence is over a year old. I called my AW2 rep for advice because I didn't know what else to do and he gave me a couple of numbers to lawyers that give free consults. I know this is long, but I am at my whit’s end. I can't move forward and I feel stuck. Should I seek legal help with this? Anyone else have a problem like this?