ericmccowan

When did your father in law die? non va hospital in florida Was his death from an Agent Orange Presumptive? no Does he have a spouse who could be the prime substitute for him as the claimant? yes Did anyone file for substitution within the first year after his death? yes Did his spouse file for DIC within one year after his death? And claim accrued benefits? yes. They denied it Is his son (your husband) substituting himself as the claimant, if the veteran's spouse is not alive? n/a Has he met the one year accrued regulation deadline for that? yes Joe dies in January of this year. When he died, they closed his claims out completely. Instead of allowing his wife to take over the claim, they closed it out, made her open a brand new claim. We are having so many problems. When we filed for skin cancer due to Ultraviolet light exposure (sun exposure), the VA got confused, thinking that skin cancer only comes from being around a nuclear weapons test. Crazy I know. So, they denied him. We never said anything about nuke tests, we told them 20 years on a flight deck, he had multiple sun burns, which gave him cancer. They said that sun burns do not cause skin cancer! Can you believe this?

They only denied one claim, all the others they closed out, with no explanation. The one they did deny, they said there is no proof that skin cancer comes from sun exposure! seriously. I'm at a loss with this.

I tried helping my father-in-law file his claim with the VA. I am a 100% disabled myself, so I thought it would be easy. I was wrong. Our issues involve the VA refusing to sign for a claim package, closing out claims without issuing a decision (approved or denied), filing a claim for one thing, then denying the claim because they thought we filed for something different, it's horrible. As I am extremely desperate to get help and information, I prepared a 3 minute video - it's more entertaining than reading a few pages of words from me. It's family friendly, no bad words, pictures, etc. Completely respectful. Please watch and please give me your advice on what you would do. I know I sound desperate, but I am. My father-in-law died waiting on his claims. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bq8_Th3JNo Moderator: please approve this post. I am desperate for advice and help. I need the help and advice of those people on this forum that have been through this. I tried to embed the video, but I don't know how.