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My HelathBuddy tells me I am supposed to have my eys examined every year, HealtheVet.org says the same but my VAMC says no only every two years and than it takes over 6 months to get an appointment.
There is no such thing as standardation in the va....every va facility is on to itself....no two are alike... I get my eyes looked at every six months, and glasses every year...you are supposed to get your eyes looked at every year, and glasses every year..+ your 100%...you move to the top of the list....
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I would love to know what they used to rate your eyes....thanks..
still waiting for a reply with info.
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Buickx,
I have non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy and I am rated at 20% at the moment. If you need it I can check the code the rated me under.
I would love to know what they used to rate your eyes....thanks..
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I received "0" percent for Diabetic Retinopathy, both eyes, because their is nothing in title 38 listed for non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.... title 38 needs to be upgraded since 1945, to advances in modern science, to detect these health problems.
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The VA has nothing to do with s/s....seperate... personally know two Vietnam vets getting both ssdi and 100%va compensation....get another VSO...
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This scenero is just like the private heath insurance companys.....clerks making life decisions with no medical background or experience in the medical field...maybe they saw whats going on in the VA, and decided "this is a good way to save a ton on money" and be legit !!!!!
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This is the dr's reponse to my "e" mail
"I know of no document that specifically addresses this question. However,
diabetes is associated with both hypertension and atherosclerosis either
of which may contribute to the development of kidney failure regardless of
proteinuria."
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buick - did he put the fact that protien was not required in your medical records or statement? If not will he provide the info via written form for you? If I were you and it is in the statement or he will provide it in written form I would take it to the VARO and shove it up their XX@#@'s so far they would think the second coming was upon them. No matter how far the VARO is from me I would have to do this. In your internet searches you will need to find such info not only from the ADA site but also from a study done and submitted by a doc to a prominent univeristy. otherwise they will fall back on this "simple internet printout" theory they use on veterans. They kept telling me this about the stuff I was submitting on my stroke from the NSA people so I went searching for studies as I said above. I was luck enough to find one done by a high ranking VA research doctor who had a research paper on stroke issus that I was claiming and was done specially for the VA. Man oh man did I let them have it hahahahahahaha
Ricky,
I've taken your advice and put together a e mail asking the dr for a letter, or medical or study info to file as additional evidence ref no protein....
thanks
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Thanks for the replies, but the va uses the statement, in which I have been turned down twice, that you have to have protein in your urine to prove you have kidney failure, but I do not. I think the only thing I'm taking with me is the letter I mentioned in my orginal post, I also have been turned down for hypertension, which I read it's 10%...guess it's the luck of the draw..
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Have a c/p next week...for my Kidneys (at stage 3) as secondary to my approved Diabetes 2..
Have submitted, in my claim, a letter from a va renal doctor which states "I'm aware of his internal problems, and in my best medical opinion, his diabetes has manifasted problems with his kidneys due to exposure to agent orange, and that it at least likely as not, that the kidney disease is a result of the diabetes" This letter was generated after a discussion with him about the fact I do not have protein in my urine, his answer was "you do not have to have protein in your urine to have kidney failure" i'm looking for info/medical to submit at c/p ref the statement above along with this letter.
thanks
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1359-07
November 29, 2007
DoD and VA Begin Pilot Disability Evaluation System
The Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently implemented a pilot test for disability cases originating at the three major military treatment facilities and the VA hospital in the national capital region. This pilot will run for one year. The leadership of DoD and VA will review pilot progress during this period to assist in determining when the program can be expanded to other locations. The pilot will test a new DoD and VA disability system. The pilot will be a service member-centric initiative designed to eliminate the duplicative and often confusing elements of the two current disability processes of the departments. Key features of the pilot program include one medical examination and a single-sourced disability rating. One goal of the pilot is to enable service members to more effectively transition to veteran status and provide them with their VA benefits and compensation. The DoD and VA are examining the continuum of care they provide from the point of injury through rehabilitation to community reintegration. The objectives of the pilot are to improve the timeliness, effectiveness, and transparency by integrating DoD and VA processes, eliminating duplication, and improving information provided to service members and their families. http://' target="_blank"> To ensure a seamless transition of our wounded, ill, and injured from the care, benefits, and services of DoD to the VA system, the pilot will also test enhanced case management methods and identify opportunities to improve the flow of information and identification of additional resources to the service member and family. As soon as the service members in the pilot transition from the military, the VA is poised to provide benefits and compensation to these veterans. The scope of the pilot includes all non-clinical care and administrative activities, such as case management and counseling requirements, associated with disability case processing from the point of service member referral to a military department medical evaluation board to the point of compensation and provision of benefits to veterans by the VA. The pilot process has been developed over the last several months and is focused on recommendations that could be implemented without legislative change from the reports of the Task Force on Returning Global War on Terrorism Heroes, the Independent Review Group, the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors (the Dole/Shalala Commission), and the Commission on Veterans' Disability Benefits. The pilot is part of a larger effort to improve care and services to our wounded, injured and ill. Some of the other ongoing initiatives include improved information technology and data sharing, facility enhancements, recruitment and retention of care professionals, new methods to care for brain injuries and mental health concerns including post-traumatic stress disorder, and the use of life long care plans to fully support wounded, ill, and injured service members from recovery through rehabilitation to community integration.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASENo. 274-98
June 02, 1998
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ISSUES NEW IDENTIFICATION CARDS
The Department of Defense (DoD) will begin issuing this month two new identification cards for some DoD employees and DoD-sponsored individuals. The new cards, Defense Department (DD) Form 2764 and DD Form 2765, will be issued to eligible individuals instead of DD Form 1173, "United States Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card." The new tan-colored cards will contain information currently found in DD Form 1173's concerning authorization for benefits and privileges but will also indicate Geneva Convention status, as appropriate, and have computer-readable bar codes so that the new cards will be compatible with other DoD identification cards currently in use by active component and reserve component personnel. The first new cards will be issued in Heidelberg, Germany, and will be phased in worldwide over the next five years.
The DD Form 2764, "United States DoD/Uniformed Services Civilian Geneva Conventions Identification Card," will be issued to emergency essential DoD employees such as contractors and other civilian personnel stationed overseas and to civilian personnel authorized to accompany U.S. military forces to regions of conflict, combat, and during contingency operations.
The DD Form 2765, "Department of Defense/Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card," will be issued to sponsors, other than members of the military Services, who because of their current or previous association with the military Services, are entitled to Uniformed Services benefits and privileges. These individuals include Medal of Honor recipients and honorably discharged veterans rated by the Veterans Administration as 100 percent disabled from a Service-connected injury. The replacement card for the DD Form 1173 will also be issued to civilians such as Red Cross personnel assigned to duty with the military Services, contract surgeons, United Service Organizations executives serving in foreign countries, Military Sealift Command civil service marine personnel deployed to foreign countries, and others. The DD Form 2765 will also be issued to some foreign personnel authorized DD Form 1173, to include some active duty and enlisted military members of other nations.
<H4></H4>The new cards are generated by the Realtime Automated Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS). A prerequisite to the availability of the cards is the distribution of new software to the RAPIDS sites worldwide, which is scheduled to be completed by September 1999. There are no manually-prepared versions of these cards. The costs associated with these new cards is negligible since the cards are issued on the same color cardstock (tan) as the DD Form 1173 and the only increase in population served are those emergency essential personnel permanently assigned within the continental United States.
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The id card you get at 100% is the same card you get as retired military.....stand by my post..You take your 100% letter to any military post, and they will give you an id card..
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If you are 100%, you are eligible as if you retired after 20 yrs from the service...to take advantage of flying standby on a military plane any where in the world,for free, and staying in housing at any military base, for a small fee...see enclosed site below..
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"The check goes to the dealer , less than two weeks." quote
I've been waiting for my check for 3 months...ordered new truck sept 1st...truck was made to order...it's here, check isn.t....if you received an award .... apply for it now...don't wait...award is good for one time for life...
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John,
God forbid something happens.....but make sure that your dealth certificate states "Died from the complications of Agent Orange"...if you are a Vietnam vet....this is the first thing va looks for to deny your wife her due compensation...I know of several vietnam vets who were denied compensation because the death certificate didn't state this....
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Buyer was a Capt. in Desert Storm.....Why this guy hates vets is beyond me....
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I have not seen this posted......
Subject: Message from Ranking Member Steve Buyer on $1 Billion Cut in Veterans Benefits
Veteran’s Committee Passes a $1 Billion Cut in Wartime Elderly, Poor, Disabled Veterans’ Benefits
From: Congressmen Steve Buyer, Ranking Member, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
This mailing was prepared, published and mailed at taxpayer expense.
November 8, 2007
Dear AMVETS member:
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, on a party-line vote, passed a democratic amendment in the nature of a substitute that would effectively cut nearly a billion dollars in pension benefits for wartime, elderly, poor, severely disabled or house-bound American veterans to fund new benefits for World War II Filipino veterans.
In the House of Representatives, H.R. 760, the Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007, as amended, would eliminate special monthly pensions for many severely disabled veterans over 65 who are also receiving pensions for wartime service. It would use nearly all of the $965 million saved by this unprecedented cut in veterans’ benefits eligibility to provide budgetary offsets to fund oversized pensions for non-citizen, non-resident World War II Filipino veterans. Similar legislation, S. 1315 as amended, is being considered in the Senate.
I am proud to report that national leaders of AMVETS have taken a forthright and principled stand for veterans in opposing H.R. 760, as amended that cuts benefits to one group of veterans to pay for another group. AMVETS clearly recognizes that this policy is wrong and is an injustice for all veterans.
Background: In 2006, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims overturned a Department of Veterans Affairs decision that denied an 86-year-old, legally blind World War II veteran, Robert A. Hartness, a VA benefit called a “special monthly pension” (SMP). The SMP provides an additional payment of up to $2,200 per year to the most severely disabled veterans who are eligible and who apply
The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims reversed VA’s denial of benefits to Mr. Hartness and required VA to begin paying SMP. The court held that U.S. Law requires an award of SMP to a veteran eligible for VA non-service-connected disability pension if, in addition to being at least 65 years old, he or she has a minimum disability rating of 60 percent or more, or is considered permanently housebound. VA had determined Mr. Hartness to be 70 percent disabled due to loss of vision.
H.R. 760 was introduced by House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Bob Filner in January. In July he amended the bill, adding a section which restricts SMP eligibility. The amended H.R. 760 grants pensions for Filipino WWII veterans living overseas: $8,400 per year for a married veteran, $6,000 per year for a single veteran, and $3,600 per year for surviving spouses. Budgetary offsets are necessary for such spending. In restricting SMP eligibility, Chairman Filner “found” a $965 million offset.
The median annual Filipino family income is about $2,500. Adding insult to injury for those elderly, poor, disabled U.S. Veterans whose benefits would be cut, the average married Filipino WWII veteran would thus receive the U.S. Income equivalent of over $100,000, due to the income disparity between the two countries.
In July, committee Republicans offered an amendment to preserve SMP eligibility. In a nearly party-line vote, committee Democrats refused the amendment, voting to cut these veterans’ benefits by nearly $1 billion. According to VA, more than 20,000 veterans could be affected by this unprecedented cut in benefits.
The valor and courage of the Philippine Army, which fought alongside U.S. Forces to defeat Imperial Japan in World War II, has been demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt. Despite claims, no U.S. Official during or immediately after the war was authorized to promise benefits to members of this army or to so obligate the U.S. Government. When the Philippines became an independent, sovereign nation after the war, the Philippine Army became the responsibility of the new government.
It is unbelievable to me that the Democratic proposal would take benefits from elderly, poor, severely disabled or house-bound American veterans – many from WWII – to finance a new entitlement program for Filipino veterans.
We could vote on these bills in late November. Please let me know what you think of this cut of nearly $ 1 billion in benefits from veterans who most need our support by calling (202) 225-3527.
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I was awarded $5,500.00 in 05 toward a new car , from my stroke approval.....never really read it....Sept 1st I ordered a new car to be manf..... it takes 9 wks to arrive.. called va after reading it, you have to send in the form for them to give a final approval...woman at the 800 no. says "It usually takes 4 wks, but just put a note with it you would appreciate them looking at it as soon as possible... says at the top of the form "Do not spend more then 15 min on this paper work"..... trucks in..... no voucher yet, might have it by thanksgiving....2 1/2 months....
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I have hypertension along with diabetes 2....being treated by va for both...turned down on hypertension....Ex Secretary, on his way out the door, after resigning, made a statement "Hypertension should br the next item added to the presumptive list"..not holding my breath....
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No, but....I did first request the doc to write the question on a piece of paper, when that didn't work, I requested a nurse that spoke her language, who remained in the room interperting the questions....that worked..
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The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
We take this opportunity to address the proposed "America's Wounded
Warriors Act." While we have not officially received the bill, we
have seen what we understand is the final version, which is based on
the work of the Commission on Care for America's Wounded Service
Members (the Dole-Shalala Commission). We appreciate your work on
this issue which is so important to veterans and their families.
As you have noted, we share the common goal of improving the lives of
servicemembers and their families. Just last week, the Committee held
a hearing at which the Dole-Shalala Commission's findings were
examined, along with the work of other entities that have been
working on these issues. Congress is already acting on the very same
solutions as the Commission, particularly on matters of health care.
For example, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs has moved to improve
both TBI and mental health care. Provisions comparable to the
Commission's recommendations on health care have already been
integrated into the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1585)
through the Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act (H.R.1538),
and are addressed in the proposed "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury
Rehabilitation Act of 2007" (S. 1233), and the proposed "Mental
Health Improvements Act of 2007" (S. 2162).
We are pleased to note that your draft bill includes an expedited
initial evaluation for PTSD to combat veterans. In section 204 of S.
1233 and section 1709 of H.R. 1585, the Committee has moved to
require VA to provide a preliminary mental health evaluation to any
recently discharged combat veteran not later than thirty days after a
request for such an evaluation. While VA has made significant efforts
to provide veterans with mental health evaluations in a timely
manner, there is much room for improvement. VA has made progress in
reaching out to servicemembers in need of mental health care
services, and should continue to work diligently to provide those
services in a timely way.
Similarly, your draft legislation seeks to ensure that evaluation for
PTSD is afforded to veterans regardless of existing restrictions on
enrollment. Section 201 of the Committee-reported bill, S. 1233, and
section 1708 of H.R. 1585, extend the period during which veterans of
combat have eligibility for VA health care, without regard to other
criteria, from two to five years. We believe that this extension is
necessary to ensure combat veterans receive health care during their
transition to civilian life. With this extension, physical and mental
health disorders which may take years to manifest and treat,
including PTSD, will be better addressed. We are pleased that the
Administration supports this change in law.
Finally, we are gratified that the Commission recognized the
importance of services for veterans' family members. The Committee is
presently considering a comprehensive mental health bill, S. 2162,
which, among other things, would clarify and expand VA's existing
authority to provide services to the family members of a veteran,
when such services are deemed to be in the interest of the veteran.
This legislation would establish authority to provide to families the
full range of VA care, including mental health services. We share the
Administration's interest in improving resources and services
available to the families of America's veterans.
We have deep misgivings about the provisions of your bill that would
provide a basis for drastic changes to VA's disability compensation
system. As you know, these provisions would abrogate Congressional
authority, and would give the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the
authority to comprehensively rewrite VA's compensation system.
Further, it would inappropriately require the Secretary to accomplish
this monumental task over the span of mere months. Based on testimony
at the Committee's recent hearing, especially from the Chairman of
the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission, we do not believe this
time line is realistic.
In addition, as you have not yet sent a nomination to Congress for a
successor to Secretary Nicholson, we are understandably concerned
that a task of this magnitude and importance should not be undertaken
during a time when there is no permanent leadership at VA. In that
regard, we urge you to expedite the process of selecting a nominee,
and send that nomination to Congress. When a nomination is received
by our Committee, we will fulfill our Constitutional duty to provide
advice and consent on the nomination.
Mr. President, in closing, we urge you to work with the Republican
leadership in the Senate to ensure prompt passage of the health-
related legislation discussed above which addresses matters
recommended by the Dole-Shalala Commission.
Daniel Akaka
Chairman
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Mobility Issue And Parking
in VA Disability Claims Research
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All you need here in NJ is a letter from your doctor stating such, and a form filled out to the DMV, and you'll get a handicapped plackard..